A fire inside a Camden Yards ticket booth on Sunday was intentionally set, and investigators are looking for four persons of interest who were captured on video surveillance at the scene and running away at the time of the blaze, according to a news release from the Maryland State Fire Marshal.
A joint investigation by the state deputy fire marshal and Baltimore City Fire Marshal's Office found that at about 8:40 p.m. Sunday, an unknown suspect or suspects "ignited materials inside the transaction drawer of window No. 15 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards," according to the release.
City firefighters quickly contained the small blaze, the news release said. The fire scorched the surface of the ticket booth and also damaged the drawer, security door, drawer assembly and speaker system on the window of the booth. There was also smoke and soot damage. The fire caused an estimated $15,000 in damage, the release said.
The Baltimore Office of Emergency Management announced the incident on Twitter just before 9 p.m. Sunday, writing that "This season's @Orioles tickets are that hot apparently."
An Orioles spokeswoman said the team offices and ticket booths in the building were closed at the time of the fire.
Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to contact the Arson Hotline at 800-492-7529.
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