Brooklyn, NY – A Brooklyn fire was intentionally set and is being investigated as a hate crime, after red swastikas were found spray-painted on a wall, officials said Wednesday.
The FDNY was called to a smoke condition at 374 Myrtle Ave. around 1:20 a.m. on Tuesday, an FDNY spokesman said.
The hateful symbols were discovered in a first-floor hallway after the flames were doused, along with a discarded can of red spray paint, an NYPD spokeswoman said.
There were no injuries in the blaze, she said.
The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating.
The building has a hair salon on the first floor and apartments upstairs.
