{"id":369800,"date":"2025-08-24T13:19:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T13:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/369800\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T13:19:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T13:19:16","slug":"man-and-boy-15-arrested-on-suspicion-of-arson-after-huge-fire-leaves-two-in-life-threatening-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/369800\/","title":{"rendered":"Man and boy, 15, arrested on suspicion of arson after huge fire leaves two in life-threatening condition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after a fire at a restaurant in Ilford.<\/p>\n

A 15-year-old boy and a 54-year-old man have been arrested following the suspected arson attack.<\/p>\n

Three women and two men were injured in the incident, with two of them in a life-threatening condition.<\/p>\n

It is also believed there are an additional two victims who left the scene before officers arrived, the force said.<\/p>\n

Detective Chief Inspector Mark Rogers, of the Met’s Central Specialist Crime North unit, said: “While we have made two arrests, our investigation continues at pace so we can piece together what happened on Friday evening.<\/p>\n

“I know the community is concerned and shocked by this incident. <\/p>\n

“I would urge anyone with any information or concerns to come forward and speak to police.”<\/p>\n

Anyone with information is urged to contact the Met via 101, quoting 7559\/22AUG.<\/p>\n

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The incident occurred in Ilford, London<\/p>\n

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The force added that if you wish to remain anonymous, speak with Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n

The alleged arson attack occurred on Friday evening, with paramedics being called at 9.04pm to reports of a fire on Woodford Avenue, Ilford.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for the London Ambulance Service said on Friday: “We sent resources to the scene, including ambulance crews, an advanced paramedic, an incident response officer and paramedics from our hazardous area response team.<\/p>\n

“We also dispatched a trauma team in a car from London’s Air Ambulance.<\/p>\n

“We treated five people for burns and smoke inhalation. We took two patients to a major trauma centre and three others to local hospitals.”<\/p>\n

A London Fire Brigade spokesman added: “We were called at 9.02pm to reports of a fire at a restaurant on Woodford Avenue in Gants Hill.<\/p>\n

“Part of the ground floor restaurant was damaged by fire. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus rescued five people from the restaurant. They were all taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service. <\/p>\n

“The Brigade’s Control Officers received seven calls about the fire and mobilised crews from Ilford, Hainault, Leytonstone and Woodford fire stations to the scene. The fire was extinguished by 10.32pm.”<\/p>\n

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Wes Streeting offered his thanks to emergency personnel<\/p>\n

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Local MP and Health Secretary Wes Streeting offered his thanks to service personal for their response to the “serious” incident on Friday.<\/p>\n

Detective Chief Inspector Mark Rogers, of the Met’s Central Specialist Crime North unit, said on Friday: “We understand this incident will cause concern within the community.<\/p>\n

“My team of specialist detectives are working at speed to piece the incident together.<\/p>\n

“Locals can expect to see a large police presence in the area. If you have any concerns, please speak to those officers on the ground.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people have been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after a fire at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[113921,748,188,393,4884,257,12,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-369800","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-across-the-uk","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-london","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115083946589242194","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}