BALTIMORE (AP) — Three people have been taken to a hospital after a fire tore through four Baltimore row homes on the same block where a pride flag was burned.
Authorities did not immediately say whether the two fires were connected or whether they believe either constituted a hate crime.
But neighbor Dan Walker told The Baltimore Sun that the row house that suffered the most damage “was pretty well decorated with banners and flags” after a Pride event in the neighborhood last weekend.
City officials say responding firefighters found four houses engulfed in flames early Wednesday morning.
Three people were taken to a hospital in serious and critical condition.
Victims injured, pets killed after morning fire in Baltimore that involved Pride flags being burned. Here’s footage taken by a neighbor. @baltimoresun #LGBTQ #PrideMonth pic.twitter.com/iAhr1DKTTk
— N G A N • H O (@nganyho) June 15, 2022
Pride flags placed this morning at home in Charles Village set on fire yesterday, injuring the two residents. Authorities investigating this and burning of Pride flag at different house on same street pic.twitter.com/eosSHqX3dS
— Jayne Miller (@jemillerwbal) June 16, 2022