Suspect starts fire in Golders Green apartment building, residents extinguish
A fire was deliberately started by a suspect in a communal stairwell of an apartment building in Golders Green. Residents were able to extinguish the fire before it spread further. The incident is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police as a suspected antisemitic arson attack.
- ▪A suspect started a fire in a communal stairwell of an apartment building.
- ▪Residents managed to extinguish the fire before it could spread.
- ▪The Metropolitan Police are investigating the incident as a suspected antisemitic arson attack.
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Suspect starts fire in Golders Green apartment building, residents extinguishResidents of a block of flats on Bridge Lane, NW11, reported witnessing a suspect deliberately start a fire in a communal stairwell before fleeing when challenged.Follow us on GoogleLocal community members talk with police officers from London's Metropolitan Police following a suspected antisemitic arson attack in Golders Green, London, March 23, 2026.(photo credit: REUTERS/Isabel Infantes)
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