A 21-year-old man has died following a suspected arson attack in Southall.

The man was rescued from a garage blaze in Cranleigh Gardens, Southall, during the early hours of Monday (April 25) and was taken to a specialist burns hospital in Essex, where the London Fire Brigade said he died.

Police said his next of kin had been informed and formal identification and a post-mortem examination would take place in due course.

A man in his 20s was arrested on Monday on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life. He has been bailed to a date in mid-June pending further enquiries.

Police, paramedics and firefighters had been called to the scene just before 1am.

The LFB said the single-storey garage was destroyed in the blaze, which took around 20 firefighters until after 2.30am to bring under control.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Police said there were no reports of anyone else being injured in the fire, which is being investigated by detectives from Ealing.

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 020 8721 7070, or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

On Friday April 15, 200 people were evacuated from a fire at a Bayswater hotel and three taken to hospital.

This followed two being rescued from a block of Wembley flats after a reported "explosion" turned out to be a gas leak , and firefighters also dealt with a fire at a derelict Ickenham house earlier in the month.