Wednesday, finding four homes engulfed in flames upon arrival, officials said. Across the street, a Pride flag was also set ablaze, although that fire was quickly extinguished and no related injuries were reported.īaltimore City Fire Department (BCFD) and Baltimore Police Department (BPD) responded to two fires in the city’s Waverly neighborhood at around 4:30 a.m. Officials in Baltimore are investigating a possible hate crime after multiple row houses caught fire early Wednesday, injuring three. As of Thursday, officials had not determined whether the house fire was a hate crime.The other, which took place across the street from the burned homes, involved an LGBTQ+ Pride flag that was briefly set ablaze. One of the fires engulfed four row houses in flames, injuring three.Officials in Baltimore are investigating the origins of two fires set early Wednesday morning.