Police launch arson investigation following fire in food truck parking lot

Baltimore firefighters put out a fire that damaged vehicles parked behind the Patapsco Market on Thursday night.

Firefighters were focused on a fleet of food trucks parked inside a gated area.

A Baltimore police officer stands at the entrance to a gated area where multiple food trucks are parked following a fire behind Patapsco Market on Thursday night. (WBFF / Maggie Ybarra)

Police shut down the 1400 block of West Patapsco Avenue so that firefighters could park on the street and drag fire hoses up a steep hill.

It appeared as though firefighters cut a hole into the side of a fence facing Patapsco Avenue in order to reach the fire site.

Firefighters use tools to access burned property behind the Patapsco Market on Thursday night. (WBFF / Maggie Ybarra)

Multiple people arrived at the fire site to get information about the damage. Police established a crime scene to protect the area while fire officials examined the vehicles.

People with property in the area of a fire behind the Patapsco Market gather next to firefighters in hopes of learning more about the fire damage. (WBFF / Maggie Ybarra)

A fire investigator and forensics investigator for the Baltimore Police Department arrived at the crime scene on Friday morning.

Many people waited next to the crime scene tape for information from officials.

An arson investigator for the Baltimore Police Department talks to a firefighter about a fire that damaged property behind the Patapsco Market on Thursday. (WBFF / Maggie Ybarra)

Fox45 is working to gather additional information.