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Black males set 4 people on fire in Denver
7NEWS - Four people set on fire during assault in North Denver - Local StoryDENVER - Denver police say four people were set afire during an assault in North Denver Thursday night.
The incident happened in the 4300 block of Lipan Street shortly before 7:30 p.m.
Police spokesman Raquel Lopez said two black males knocked on an apartment door and when a woman answered, she was sprayed with some type of liquid from a lawn and garden sprayer. She was then set afire when the men threw a match or lighter on her. She said the initial report of a small propane torch was incorrect. .
Three others inside - 2 men and a second woman -- the apartment were also sprayed and set afire, but suffered only minor burns, she said.
Lopez said the woman who answered the door was the most seriously burned and she was transported by ambulance to a local hospital.
Police do not have a motive for the attacks but they called the incident "highly unusual and extremely scary."
Police were trying to get better descriptions of the suspects.
Police are also investigating an earlier robbery with flammable liquid used at a check-cashing service at 32nd and Champa streets, in the Curtis Park neighborhood.