Overview

• Metropolitan Police said both suspects were detained on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life and remain in custody as the inquiry progresses at pace.
• Five people were taken to hospital after the blaze at Indian Aroma on Woodford Avenue, with a man and a woman described as in a life‑threatening condition.
• London Fire Brigade rescued five people and said around nine others escaped before crews arrived, bringing the fire under control by 10:32pm.
• London Ambulance Service treated patients for burns and smoke inhalation and took two to a major trauma centre, with three others taken to local hospitals.
• Detectives are appealing for information under reference 7559/22AUG and are trying to identify two additional people believed to have left the scene before officers arrived.