Adding fuel to the fire, so to speak, a huge blaze has broken out on the east side of Baltimore in addition to the CVS Pharmacy that was set aflame earlier today on the west side.
The fire in east baltimore pic.twitter.com/NvjJxkqZjO
— Yvonne Wenger☀️ (@yvonnewenger) April 28, 2015
That horrific fire you're seeing now is on other side of town, in blighted area about 8 blocks north of Johns Hopkins Hospital. #baltimore
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) April 28, 2015
@AlecMacGillis yes, and as of now, very much unconfirmed that it is related to the rioting.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) April 28, 2015
Thank you, Christopher Hayes, for finally deciding to compose yourself like a real-live journalist, just this once.
Holy crap. Massive fire engulfing a building on the corner of Chester & Gay streets in #Baltimore. View from my roof. pic.twitter.com/pFgVsHyezt
— Rebecca Eisenberg (@ryeisenberg) April 28, 2015
Looking toward fire from Washington a d Federal streets.. pic.twitter.com/VjuRuhy0e6
— Liz Bowie☀️ (@lizbowie) April 28, 2015
Huge 3 alarm fire at Gay & Federal St in E.Baltimore from #WJZ tower cam @cbsbaltimore pic.twitter.com/4xvLq5ZVUz
— Meg Viviano (@megganphone) April 28, 2015
Fire raging pic.twitter.com/St2ZOU1Z4o
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) April 28, 2015
Hard to watch this: Building was a brand new senior center built by Baptist church, per @baltimoresun pic.twitter.com/iMd13zZHAN”
— Kim Dozier (@KimDozier) April 28, 2015
Fire: one of the buildings in flames was brand new to open soon as senior housing in East Baltimore. @fox5newsdc pic.twitter.com/lwvmMjx9rA
— Rick Boone (@RickBooneNews) April 28, 2015
Newly-built senior center burns down "we came so far…we were so close" http://t.co/fbNxsSDByt #BaltimoreRiots @CNN pic.twitter.com/bWiXRerzAm
— Christina Manduley (@cmanduley) April 28, 2015
A new senior center on N Chester is engulfed pic.twitter.com/ra9rDjo821
— Mark Puente (@MarkPuente) April 28, 2015
Baltimore Fire Fighters getting ready to fight inferno. Residents angry that some one did this. Lots of emotion pic.twitter.com/EQLLMWd28O
— Mark Puente (@MarkPuente) April 28, 2015
Southern Baptist is building new center. People crying
— Mark Puente (@MarkPuente) April 28, 2015
Church bus is also on fire
— Mark Puente (@MarkPuente) April 28, 2015
Worshippers pray near fire. pic.twitter.com/XRgarZdDqs
— Mark Puente (@MarkPuente) April 28, 2015
Firefighters getting flames under control. Pastor tells me this was $16M senior housing &community center being built pic.twitter.com/FK2ehQcuVu
— Yvonne Wenger☀️ (@yvonnewenger) April 28, 2015
The church center was set to be completed in December. pic.twitter.com/WcXdGW6E1y
— Yvonne Wenger☀️ (@yvonnewenger) April 28, 2015
Pastor Hickman: burning building was to be 60-unit affordable housing for seniors. "It hurts my heart," he says. pic.twitter.com/jYXuMMDtBx
— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) April 28, 2015
"Vengeance is his, not mine," Deanetrice Fleming says as she points to the sky. pic.twitter.com/MyEauNYCCI
— Yvonne Wenger☀️ (@yvonnewenger) April 28, 2015
Take your pick for now:
That senior center on fire is far from the protests. Local Baltimore news speculates could be construction-related fire.
— jasoncherkis (@jasoncherkis) April 28, 2015
BALTIMORE (AP) – Official: Massive building on fire related to riots; was under construction
— Josh Lederman (@JoshNBCNews) April 28, 2015
These photos aren’t related, but they do give an idea of just what the city’s firefighters have been up against today.
#Baltimore right now. pic.twitter.com/BUc56fTm32
— Philip Crowther (@PhilipinDC) April 28, 2015
https://twitter.com/MedinaMora/status/592866779879350273
PHOTO: Another car is burning now in #BaltimoreRiots pic.twitter.com/Wyy23e62QL
— Conflict News (@Conflicts) April 27, 2015
Blogger reports police car on fire is Maryland Transit Police MT @BmoreBloc
Maryland Transit Police pic.twitter.com/lWTgtxY3Qo @RussPtacek— Russ Ptacek ? (@RussPtacek) April 27, 2015
Police van from transit authority on fire at Pennsylvania and North avenues pic.twitter.com/lUKTHJaWiF
— Peter Hermann (@phscoop) April 27, 2015
Police van on fire as well as car on W North #Baltimore #BaltimoreRiots pic.twitter.com/SYuurFzUbG
— Victoria Bekiempis (@vicbekiempis) April 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/shawngude/status/592819792811286529
A man dances on a burned car as men loot the business behind it in Baltimore: pic.twitter.com/Lmn0cFjF81
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) April 28, 2015
Editor’s note: The headline of this post has been updated.
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