{"id":11670,"date":"2026-05-27T10:33:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T10:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=11670"},"modified":"2026-05-27T10:33:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T10:33:23","slug":"fire-breaks-out-at-kosher-supermarket-in-londons-golders-green-section","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=11670","title":{"rendered":"Fire breaks out at kosher supermarket in London’s Golders Green section"},"content":{"rendered":"

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London’s firefighting service responded Wednesday to a blaze \u00a0in the Golders Green neighborhood, home to a large Jewish community that’s been targeted by a number of arson attacks in recent months.<\/p>\n

Images from the scene showed the flames impacting a Jewish supermarket, Kosher Kingdom, and a column of black smoke rising above the area’s main shopping street. <\/p>\n

“The cause of the fire is unknown at this time,” the London Fire Brigade (LFB) said in a statement, noting that it had mobilized 15 fire engines and around 100 firefighters after receiving dozens of calls about it.<\/p>\n

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The scene of a fire at a Jewish supermarket, Kosher Kingdom, in the Golders Green section of London on May 27, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“The fire is affecting a ground floor shop and a storage area to the rear of the shop,” the LFB added. <\/p>\n

“The fire is producing a significant amount of smoke,” it said, urging people to avoid the area “whilst firefighters work to extinguish the fire.”<\/p>\n

London’s Metropolitan Police said it was “too early to have determined the cause” of the fire but that, “Fortunately, there have been no reports of any injuries.”<\/p>\n

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Local residents walk past a cordoned area where a fire broke out at a supermarket in the Golders Green neighborhood in London on May 27, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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It follows a spate of arson attacks on synagogues and community sites over recent months in and around Golders Green, in northwest London. <\/p>\n

The area saw a stabbing attack in late April<\/span> that targeted two Jewish men that prompted the U.K. to raise its national threat level from “substantial” to “severe.”<\/p>\n

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood described the attack as “abhorrent” and a “vile act of terrorism.” \u00a0<\/p>\n

A little-known Iran-linked group, Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya (HAYI), has claimed responsibility for almost all the incidents, according to SITE Intelligence Group. <\/p>\n

In response, London police created a new “community protection team” to protect the Jewish community in the capital, initially comprised of 100 extra officers. <\/p>\n

It combines neighborhood policing with “specialist protection and counter-terrorism capabilities,” the force said last month. <\/p>\n

Police said said officers were at the scene of Wednesday’s fire “assisting firefighters with road closures and evacuations.”<\/p>\n

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