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Just in baltimore, but moving toward downtown. this is a devastating, devastating fire. >> miguel in the location you're at, mark puente, we are wewere g to him, from the baltimore stun, he's tweeting out pictures of worshipers praying near the fire, standing in a circle praying, also some pictures of police with shotguns out and he says about ten fire companies are fighting the fire where police with shotguns are standing guard. do you see a heavy police presence in that location? >> reporter: well, we don't see a heavy police presence in this location. i think the concern -- the wind is blow...

That some of this would -- people would get tired of this. i'm joined by mark puente of the baltimore sun. can you tell me where you are right now? >> yeah, i'm at the corner of north chester an landville east baltimore across the southern baptist church, the church was building a new senior center and right now that new senior center is engulfed in flames. firefighters are standing on ladder trucks -- >> and, mark, we're seeing the images that you're speaking about. so this was a new -- brand-new senior center built by the -- by a church? >> yeah, the southern baptist church pastor dr. dante ...

Situation here? have you knocked it down? >> it is done. it is under control. >> all right. was it arson? >> i don't know. >> was there anybody trapped inside here? >> no. no. >> okay. but you did have an injury to a firefighter? >> yes. >> what kind of injury? >> i'm not sure. >> okay. >> but is he -- has he been hospitalized? was it serious, minor? >> i would say it was serious. >> and what, smoke inhalation or what? >> no. >> okay. okay. all right. thank you very much, chief. i appreciate it. >> yes, sir. >> good to see you. >> all right, so, yeah, so we're trying to get a feel for what hap...

Of baltimore. while we continue to watch this -- these images from the corner of chester and gay street, this according to mark puente, a new senior center that had been built by the baptist church on that -- in that neighborhood was a multistory newly krconstructed building in east baltimore, a massive blaze and as mark said there are a lot of parishioners, the pastor is on his way. a lot of parishioners have been crying saying why would anybody do this to our church and we have heard those questions being asked in a lot of different places in baltimore tonight. people near the cvs that was l...

Completely detracted from freddie's death, and the positive things and the hope for positive change that was going to come out of that investigation. and that's just disintegrated into just people looking at baltimore city and thinking that, you know, the city is the city of violence and that we can't control that -- we can't control our emotions. >> what is your message then to anyone who may be listening, maybe who has a child out there or who may be thinking about going out on the streets tonight? what is your message to them? >> my message to them is the message of freddie gray's family, w...