A teenage boy and a man have been arrested after a suspected arson attack at an east London restaurant left three people critically injured.
Three women and two men were taken to hospital when a blaze ripped through the venue in Woodford Avenue, Gant’s Hill, on Friday evening.
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.
It added that two of the victims – a man and a woman – remained in a life-threatening condition in hospital.
