Pittsburgh, along with 110 other cities, burned for several days and 3,600 National Guardsmen were needed to quell the disorder.
[1][2][3][4][5] The neighborhoods most impacted were the Hill District, North Side, and Homewood.
More than one hundred businesses were either vandalized or looted with arsonists setting 505 fires.
[11][12][13][14][15] After six days, order was finally restored on April 11, with property damage surpassing $600,000 (equivalent to $5.26 million in 2023).
One thousand arrests were made by law enforcement.