Prince George’s County fire investigators declared three recent fires at the Springhill Lake apartment community in Greenbelt to be arson, raising to seven the number of unsolved set fires at the complex since April.

“Fire investigators are doing everything they can do to identify the person responsible for these crimes,” Fire Chief Lawrence Sedgwick Jr. said in a statement Monday.

According to fire officials, the most recent fire occurred at 10:30 p.m. Sunday at 9154 Springhill Court. Firefighters quickly controlled the fire, which resulted in about $2,000 in damage and no injuries or displacement of residents.

The two other fires occurred on June 28 at 9154 Springhill Court and June 27 at 9146 Edmonston Road. Four other set fires took place April 4-16.

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Although all the fires have been caught in their early stages, fire/EMS spokesman Maj. Lawrence Joy Sr. said, “Any amount of damage is too much damage.”

Denver-based Apartment Investment and Management Co. owns the 2,899-unit complex. The number of units reflects those in existence prior to four electrical fires in late March that destroyed six buildings and displaced about 200 people.

“We don’t have a sense as to what would prompt someone to do these types of things that would not only endanger them, but also the lives of the people who live in Springhill Lake,” AIMCO spokeswoman Cynthia Eichner said.

The fire department said it is working with Greenbelt police and AIMCO to investigate the incidents.

Anyone with information about these incidents should contact Prince George’s fire investigators at 301-77-ARSON.

AIMCO is offering a reward of up to $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the cases.

Eichner said the complex has security cameras.

“I’m not sure what we have done more to increase the level of security,” she said, “but those are things that are currently being discussed.”

dfowler@dcexaminer.com