
Pawel Kulpa, 34, charged with murder, 8 counts of attempted murder, and arson after a west London fire killed a woman, injured 8, with one in life-threatening condition.
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A residential fire in west London led to multiple casualties and arrests.
A man has been charged with murder, attempted murder and arson following a fire in west London that left a woman dead and eight others in need of hospital treatment. Pawel Kulpa, 34, faces one count of murder, eight counts of attempted murder and one count of arson with intent to endanger life. The charges come after a fire at a residential address on Berkeley Avenue, Hounslow, at about 01:15 BST on Wednesday, 19 August. A 50-year-old woman, named by the Met Police as Anna Kowalska, died in hospital while another woman, 40, remains in hospital in a life-threatening condition. Kulpa is due to appear at Willesden Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
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