Residents of Los Angeles’ Woodland Hills neighborhood helped police stop and detain a man with a blowtorch on Thursday, January 9, suspecting him of arson as the Kenneth Fire burned nearby.This footage captured by Chris Sumner shows community members confronting a man with a blowtorch in Woodland Hills,

A 960-acre brush fire sparked in the Woodland Hills area near the 101 Freeway Thursday afternoon. The Los Angeles Fire Department said that the fire was quickly burning toward the south, relatively close to homes before they were able to establish perimeter lines.

The suspect, who was not named, was arrested near the Kenneth Fire at about 4:30 p.m. when police were called out to a report of a man attempting to light a fire in the 21700 block of Ybarra Road in Woodland Hills. Police were helped by residents who secured the man until law enforcement arrived.

LAPD officials confirm a man was taken into custody Thursday afternoon but cautioned that he has not been connected to lighting anything ablaze

All mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted in the Kenneth Fire which burned through 1,000 acres in the West Hills area amid several other wildfires in other parts of Los Angeles County.

According to LAPD, the fire is being investigated as arson and a person has been detained. The police department r

The latest fire in Los Angeles is being investigated as a potential arson attack, according to NBC. The blaze, known as the Kenneth Fire, is burning in the city's West Hills area with zero per cent containment as it spreads across nearly 400 hectares.

One person has been taken into custody in connection to the Kenneth Fire, which erupted Thursday afternoon in the West Hollywood Hills, as ferocious wildfires continue to tear through Southern California,