Golders Green: Four Jewish charity ambulances set on fire, with police giving update now

Nisha Patel
Reporting from Golders Green

Image source, Damon Hoff

Damon
Hoff, president and chair of Machzike Hadath Synagogue,
which is opposite the scene of the fire, says the Hatzola ambulance
service is “for everybody”.

“We’ve got
quite a few different patrols, security in the area, and one of them saw
something going on,” he says. “That’s who alerted the fire
brigade, and that’s who alerted the police.

“It was
very quick. They got there very, very fast. Not enough to
save the ambulances, but I don’t think that was possible
anyway.

“This
is a real attack on the Jewish community. Hatzola is a backbone of the community, it’s for everyone that lives
here.

“It
was set up for the Jewish community but a third of the people that live in
our area are not Jewish. I’ve personally
called the Hatzola for non-Jewish people. Hatzola is for everybody – it’s an ambulance service.”