Lexington fire crews battled an early morning fire near downtown on Wednesday morning. Now the homeowner believes that someone in his own family is responsible.
The fire broke out at a home on Maryland Ave. The affected area was a detached garage on the back side of the home. Two cars and tons of personal mementos were destroyed.
The call came in to dispatch at around 4 a.m. Flames were shooting from the garage and neighbors say sirens and loud noises woke them up. Luckily, the damage is contained to just the garage and did not spread to the.
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The 81-year-old homeowner told LEX 18 that he used to own a car lot and there are multiple cars all over the property and that two of them were destroyed, along with precious mementos from his daughter’s deceased husband.
Neighbors saw a man running from the garage before the fire started. The homeowner immediately suspected his nephew, who had lived in the garage with a female friend.
The homeowner says that his nephew had recently been asked to leave because of the amount of money he owes. He lives on a fixed income and because of that he likely will not rebuild. His daughter told LEX 18 that the hardest part is knowing the countless pictures and mementos that were destroyed in the fire can never be replaced.
“You feel like you wanna give up but you can’t. Because the good Lord is above and we know there’s a reason for everything. But it doesn’t make it you feel any better at this point,” Cara Harris told LEX 18’s Claire Crouch.
Fire investigators are collecting evidence at the scene.
