{"id":61588,"date":"2025-08-24T13:54:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T13:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/boy-and-man-arrested-over-gants-hill-restaurant-arson-attack\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T13:54:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T13:54:38","slug":"boy-and-man-arrested-over-gants-hill-restaurant-arson-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/boy-and-man-arrested-over-gants-hill-restaurant-arson-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy and man arrested over Gants Hill restaurant &#8216;arson attack&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">A teenage boy and a man have been arrested after a suspected arson attack at an east London restaurant left at least five people injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Three women and two men were taken to hospital when <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cj6ypd547j8o\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 bGFWdi\" rel=\"noopener\">a blaze ripped through the venue<\/a> in Woodford Avenue in Gants Hill, Ilford, on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The Met Police said a 15-year-old boy and a 54-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to danger life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">It added that two of the victims &#8211; a man and a woman &#8211; remained in a life-threatening condition in hospital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Firefighters took 90 minutes to extinguish the flames after the fire took hold at about 21:00 BST.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Dina Michael, who witnessed the blaze, told BBC London: &#8220;I turned around and see some guy running like a fireball.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">&#8220;He was fully on fire. One of my friends came with a water bucket and we were just trying to put the fire down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">He added that the man &#8220;had a Deliveroo bag on&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Local resident Edward Thawe, 43, said he had seen one of the injured men whose &#8220;whole body was burnt&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Another local, who did not want to give his name, said he had witnessed three &#8220;severely burned&#8221; people being doused by emergency services and given oxygen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">In addition to the five people treated at the scene, the Met said it believed another two people had been injured but left before emergency services arrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">It said efforts were being made to identify them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Nine other people were able to get out of the building before the emergency services arrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Det Ch Insp Mark Rogers said: &#8220;While we have made two arrests, our investigation continues at pace so we can piece together what happened on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">&#8220;I know the community are concerned and shocked by this incident. I would urge anyone with any information or concerns to come forward and speak to police.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The two people arrested remain in police custody.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c1dxy4e9q49o?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A teenage boy and a man have been arrested after a suspected arson attack at an east London restaurant left at least five people injured. Three women and two men were taken to hospital when a blaze ripped through the venue in Woodford Avenue in Gants Hill, Ilford, on Friday evening. 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