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The California fire started on Thursday evening in Woodland Hills [even the name suggests a wildfire warning] and spread fast, burning about 900 acres.
Authorities are looking into one of the wildfires around Los Angeles as a possible case of arson, and they arrested a suspect on Thursday.
The suspect is said to be a homeless man [big surprise] in his 30s, according to the Daily Mail. Charles Dinsel, a senior lead officer at the LAPD, mentioned during a press conference that, "A suspect was detained over in Woodland Hills area by citizens," about 30 minutes after the fire started. He was then taken to Topanga station.
When a reporter asked if the Kenneth Fire was deliberately set, Dinsel responded, "At this time that's what we believe, yes." He described the area as a crime scene, stating, "The fire is being investigated as a crime," but he didn't go into details on how the fire was started. The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed they are treating the fire as arson.
A local had called 911 to report seeing a man trying to start a fire at the 21700 block of Ybarra Road around 4:30 pm. The Washington Examiner reported that the man had a blowtorch.
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