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Police: Person hospitalized after intentionally setting own car on fire at Woodlawn gas station

Person sets fire to own car, gas pump at Baltimore gas station
Person sets fire to own car, gas pump at Baltimore gas station 00:17

BALTIMORE-- A person was taken to the hospital after a car was intentionally set on fire at a gas station in Woodlawn, police said.

The owner of the car was found by officers shortly before 10:30 a.m. Sunday, and was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

Police said the owner of the car was suffering from a mental health crisis.  

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Fire crews were called to the gas station in the 6700 block of Dogwood Road where the car and a gas pump were fully engulfed in flames. 

The fire from the car and pump were extinguished.

This is an ongoing investigation. 

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