American flags set afire outside homes in Arlington, Va
American flags hanging outside three homes in Arlington have been set ablaze in recent days, including two on Wednesday night. The first flag fire was reported on Oct. 15, when police said they received a report of a suspicious person around 3:10 a.m. in the 3200 block of Sixth Street South, in the Westmont area. A witness told police they saw someone walk up to a flag on a porch and light it. The witness extinguished the fire.
Brian Butler of Arlington said he was driving home shortly after 11 p.m. Wednesday when he thought he saw sparks in his peripheral vision, and wondered why someone was lighting fireworks at that hour. But it was an American flag hanging from a home and half of it had already fallen to the mulch below.
On Thursday morning, a resident in the 3300 block of North Brandywine Street in the Rock Spring neighborhood found that their flag and pole had been burned overnight, fire officials said. A Democratic yard sign was also found fully torched on Thursday
Arlington fire Lt. Nate Hiner said the county’s police and fire departments are jointly investigating the string of apparent arsons and
trying to determine if they are linked.
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edited to add the state