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BPD: Can you help identify these people involved in a North End arson incident?

BOSTON — Boston Police are asking the public's help in identifying two people who, officials say, are involved in an alleged arson incident at 241 Hanover St. in the city's North End neighborhood.

Officials responded to the arson at 5:01 a.m. on Saturday morning, where witnesses described seeing a gas-ignited fire in the alley next to the address on Hanover Street. The blaze was extinguished.

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Now police are asking if the public can help identify the two people pictured. The first is a white, Hispanic male with multiple tattoos on his neck and shoulder area.

The second is a white woman with dark hair who was seen wearing a black shirt, flip-flops and either shorts or a skirt with floral patterns.