Several sideshows inundate the Bay Area early Saturday, 2 cars erupt in flames

OAKLAND, Calif. - Law enforcement across the Bay Area dealt with several sideshows during the early morning hours on Saturday, with one sideshow resulting in multiple cars catching fire in Oakland. 

One car was engulfed in flames as another vehicle, appearing to be a Subaru, repeatedly slammed into the burning car just outside Crash Champions Collision Repair shop near 10th and Oak Streets. Some of the spectators shot fireworks at each other and towards police, video obtained by KTVU shows. Another video shows that the Subaru was eventually lit on fire as well. 

"It was weird. You could see the crowd when they would get intense, and then it would calm down," said neighbor Jennifer Li. "When they would get bored, or if they started getting aggravated that’s when things got a little bit dicey because they had nowhere to go with all that pent-up energy."

Neighbors told KTVU many of the participating cars were blocked in by police.

Spectators also threw bottles at Oakland police officers when they arrived on scene. OPD used flash bangs to disperse the crowd. KTVU's Dave Detling visited the scene of the torched vehicles and found burnt remnants, char marks on the pavement and firework debris in the area. 

Residents in the area told KTVU that the vehicles began gathering around 10 p.m. Friday night, and reported that the sideshow activity continued until nearly 4 a.m. Saturday. 

"It was like Tetris," one resident said. 

Hours before the sideshow at 10th and Oak Streets, police responded to separate sideshow at 10th and Fallon Streets where hundreds of spectators watched cars rip donuts through the intersection. 

At the 10th and Fallon sideshow, one car had the Mexican flag waving out of its window while a second car had a passenger hanging out its window, video shows. 

Lastly, another sideshow sprung up in Crockett near San Pablo Avenue and Merchant Street, lasting nearly half an hour.