Brooklyn gay bar damaged in arson
A photo on the Instagram for Rash, the Brooklyn gay bar, shows some of the damage caused in an arsonist walked in, poured gasoline on the floor and set it on fire.
Two people were injured. A recently-opened gay bar in New York “suffered substantial damage” over the weekend when an unknown suspect walked into the bar, poured gaslone on the floor and then let a match, according to a report on Queerty.com.
Two people were injured in the attack at Rash, which opened five months ago in the Bushwick neighborhood in Brooklyn. According to the bar’s Instagram account, the suspect was wearing a dark hoodie and carrying a backpack.
After lighting the fire that “caused an explosion that set the bar in flames,” the suspect “immediately ran from the scene.” The Instagram post also notes that “Everyone inside made it out,” but that two people were taken to a hospital and were “in stable condition.” The bar has, the Instagram post states, in the past five months been “privileged to become home to such a talented and vital community of artists.
