Residents of southwest Baltimore frightened after recent car fires in the neighborhood

Some residents of southwest Baltimore said they were concerned for their safety after several cars burned down overnight.

The neighbors of Yale Heights are worried about the dangerousness of the situation. They don’t know if someone has targeted their area. So far, four cars have been set on fire in five days.

WBAL-TV 11 News spoke to some of the car owners who now have to deal with the damage.

For fear of retaliation, 11 News did not identify the residents in this story

Two cars were parked on Avenue Lucia. Neighbors don’t know why this is happening. Baltimore City police and firefighters said he was under investigation.

“Nobody wants to live like this,” a neighbor told 11 News.

Neighbors in the Yale Heights community said they were scared and disoriented.

“My car caught on fire. My car was the first in the disabled poll,” said another neighbor.

Early Thursday morning, two cars, a 2002 Mazda and a 2017 Infiniti, burned down. There is a charred pavement on Avenue Lucia and remains of vehicles. The two cars were towed away as part of the investigation by police and firefighters.

“We don’t bother anyone. I don’t understand. I don’t understand setting fire to cars,” said a neighbor.

This is not the first incident. Neighbors said several other cars had burned down four days earlier. These cars were parked at the corner of Yale Avenue, near a house.

“We have very good neighbors in this neighborhood. They have come and knocked and knocked on our door all the time,” said a neighbor.

The noise from the neighbors prompted the couple to wake up and leave their house.

“Oh, we were horrified. Horrified. I was like, ‘Thank God we walked out of the house, stunned, amazed’ and I was like ‘I don’t believe it,'” said a neighbor.

They said they saw the flames destroy two cars.

“And there would have been a third if the fire department hadn’t arrived in time just as this car was starting to burn,” said a neighbor.

The fires of December 19 are also under investigation.

Just three days earlier, police were also in the neighborhood, investigating the shooting death of Justin Johnson early in the morning. He was found in his car on Avenue Lucia.

Investigators said at this point that they found no connection between the murder and the car fires. Neighbors said all of this got them on edge and although police have made arrests for her murder, they are hopeful the same will happen in the car fires soon.

“It is really sad and I hope they will find the individuals who committed these crimes,” said a neighbor.

Some neighbors said they have lived in this area for over 30 years and do not recall ever having had a fire in the area.