All of the fires were reported south of East Broad Street, near the Franklin Park Conservatory.

Arson investigators are probing a string of fires set in east Columbus early Thursday morning.

All of the fires were reported south of East Broad Street, near the Franklin Park Conservatory.

Three out of the five fires were set at vacant homes. One was set in a detached garage at 88 Linwood Avenue.

“I could see directly out of my bathroom window and saw my garage was on fire,” Ronda Draughon, who has lived in the neighborhood for 16 years, said.

Draughon operates an in-home daycare. She said she lost care equipment, extra toys, her daughter’s baby pictures and two cars in the fire.

“A lot of things that I was trying to move out of the house and into a safe,” Draughon.

The first fire broke out around midnight at Latta Avenue. Several hours later, fire crews were alerted to flames on East Mound Street.

On East Livingston Avenue, trash was set on fire around 2 a.m.

Draughon’s garage was set as the sun rose at 5 a.m. About an hour later, the final fire was reported on Franklin Avenue.

Investigators say all of the fires were intentionally set. Police have not named a suspect or suspects thus far or motive.

“It's scary,” Jasmine Taylor said. “And, I live in a building so it's one way in and one way out.”

Taylor wasn’t alone in her fear. Monyia Wilson also lives in the same building.

“I got two kids and I'm pregnant myself. I wouldn't want this stuff to happen to my house,” Wilson said.

Columbus Fire Investigators are looking at surveillance video taken in the neighborhood around the times of the fires.