Overview

• A 15-year-old boy and a 54-year-old man were arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life and remain in police custody.
• CCTV appears to show a group with covered faces entering Indian Aroma in Gants Hill and dousing the floor with liquid moments before flames engulfed the interior.
• Five people were injured in the blaze, with a man and a woman in a life-threatening condition and others treated for burns and smoke inhalation.
• London Fire Brigade rescued five people after the fire broke out around 9pm on Friday, and crews extinguished the blaze by 10:32pm as nine others escaped beforehand.
• Detectives say two additional victims may have left before officers arrived and are urging information via 101 quoting 7559/22AUG or anonymously through Crimestoppers.