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Playground in Freetown Village set on fire

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Playground in Freetown Village set on fire
Playground in Freetown Village set on fire

A little more than a week ago a playground in the Freetown Village in Pasadena was set on fire.

WEEK AGO AT A COMMUNITYPLAYGROUNND HAS SOME CONCERNEDABOUT WHERE THE KIDS WILLPLAY.

OFFICIALS BELIEVE IT ISARSON AND WANT TO CAPTURE THEPEOPLE RESPONSIBLE BEFORESOMETHING WORSE HAPPENS.

WMAR2 NEWS'S DON HARRISON TALKEDWITH FIRE OFFICIALS ANDDETECTIVES WANT YOU TO TAKE ALOOK AT THIS SURVEILLANCEVIDEOTrack: A little more than aweek ago a playground in theFreetown Village in Pasadenawas set on fire.

Sot: When thefire fighters got there theydid find the playground fullyengulfed in fire.

There wasenough heat coming of thisfire that it actually startedto melt the siding on twonearby residents.

Track: Fireofficials put the damagearound $30,000.

Arsondetectives want the public tolook at these 5 peopleespecially the two toward theend.

Sot: These are suspects.We are not just calling thempersons of interest.

These arethe two suspects two thisfire.

Track: There are 3others in the video.

Two otherpeople and a girl with a dog.Police would like to talk tothem as well to see if theysaw anything.

Police aremainly concerned about the twosuspect we see here in black,one of them has red shoes on.Sot: One of the suspects turnsand looks toward the camerabefore he turns and goesstands by a gazebo and thenthe second suspects turns andruns towards the camera at theend of the video.

Stand up:Besides the danger of a firethis size to anyone nearby,this affects the wholecommunity.

Sot: There's abigger impact than that nowit's deprived that communityof that resource now goinginto the summer when you wouldexpect it to be used a lot.Track: Fire detectives want tosolve this sooner than later.Sot: Arsonist tend toescalate, they start withsomething small and then theymove up and we really justwant to really just stop thisbefore it becomes an occupiedproperty or something evmore serious.

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