Suspected hate crime as 4 Jewish group ambulances set ablaze in London
Police in London are investigating a suspected antisemitic hate crime after vehicles belonging to a Jewish ambulance service were set on fire early Monday morning.
Updated on: March 23, 2026 / 8:03 PM EDT / CBS/AP
Officers were called to Golders Green, a London neighborhood with a large Jewish population, after receiving reports of a fire.
Four ambulances belonging to Hatzola Northwest, a volunteer organization that provides emergency medical responses, were damaged, according to the London fire brigade. Photos from the scene show several of the ambulances completely destroyed, with just heaps of blackened wreckage remaining.
Multiple oxygen tanks on the vehicles exploded, causing windows to break in an adjacent block of residences, it said in a statement, adding that no injuries have been reported and the fire has been brought under control.
The cause of the fire is being investigated, authorities said. Security camera video showed three people running across the street to the site where the ambulances were parked and appearing to light them ablaze.