An area of Lexington plagued by dozens of arsons earlier this year has gone on alert once again, following six suspicious fires over a 12-hour period.
According to the Lexington Fire Department, the first fire was set in a dumpster around 12:30 a.m. Sunday on Terrace View Drive. Over the next 12 hours, there were fires in two more dumpsters, a vehicle, a large shed, and the biggest, according to the department, was in a cottage on Hill Rise Court, that is part of Messner’s Home.
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“I don’t understand why somebody would start so many fires. It’s ridiculous,” said Preston Cooper, a resident of the Hill Rise area. “It makes me terrified. I mean, you don’t know what to think. You never know what people are gonna do and it’s scary really.”
“They need to hurry up and catch whoever is doing them, man before some bodies come up burned,” said Andre Cole, another Hill Rise resident. “I hope they catch them though, for real. Do away with this.”
Ray Giattino, 45, a resident of Messner’s Home was taken into custody Sunday for psychological evaluation and crews said he would be charged with arson for the cottage fire.
Crews said they are looking into whether Giattino was involved in any of the other five fires, or the dozens of suspicious fires that plagued the Hill Rise area back in January, when vehicles, apartment complexes, and homes were targeted.
These fires remain under investigation. The fire department tells LEX 18, more arrests are possible.
