TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Several fires in Troy are now being considered suspicious.

City officials say six recent fires are now being investigated as potential arsons and they’re doing everything they can to find whoever is responsible.

The most recent fire was set in the shed of a home on 6th Avenue.

Several neighbors say it’s scary for this to happen near their homes.

Martha Benders says ever since she bought this home on 6th Avenue, she had problems but never expected someone would try to set it on fire.

“Somebody’s been setting fires and I think it’s disgusting. Why would people do that?”

She says there have been at least four break-ins to the home since she left it vacant about a year and a half ago but she still had belongings in the shed and the house.

“I’m just so thankful it wasn’t the house it was only the tool shed.”

Kimberly Massey’s grandmother and aunt live right across the street.

“Why set a fire? What is the point of that?”

She lives about a block away and says even though there haven’t been fires on her block; it’s still a scary situation.

“People work hard for their property and their houses. It’s sad to see people lose everything.”

Six recent fires at vacant buildings in the North Central and Lansingburgh that have happened in the last month are now being treated as suspicious.

“We are in a heightened sense of awareness.”

Now city officials are trying to see if they are connected.

“We look at the use of accelerants, proximity, time and any patterns that are with that.”

Police are looking at a list of suspects from a similar string of suspicious and unsolved fires from 2014. Officials are also asking for the public’s help to find the person or people responsible.

“Is this a sole actor? Is it a copycat is there more than one?”

People like Massey say neighbors are reporting suspicious activity but it’s not enough.

“People are reporting more but what do you really expect?”

She just wants it to stop before anyone gets hurt.

“I just hate whoever is doing it. It’s not right.”

City officials are looking at private security cameras, increasing patrols, and making note of anyone they see near vacant homes past curfew.

You can also file complaints online on the Bureau of Code Enforcement’s website.