The Los Angeles Police Department has arrested two individuals on Tuesday who admitted to setting fires outside of the wildfire zones.​

Los Angeles police said "a male was heard stating a suspect was trying 'to light a fire' near the Kenneth Fire". The allegation was later ruled unfounded.

A large fire in the Calabasas area of Southern California was sparked by an arsonist who is in custody, the Los Angeles Police Department told NewsNation on Thursday night. The post JUST IN: LAPD Says At Least One of the SoCal Fires Was Set By Arsonist,

At least three people have been arrested in recent days on suspicion of trying to start fires in the area as dangerous winds are returning.

Neighbors held man, seen with propane torch, until cops arrive, leading to a potential break in Kenneth Fire investigation.

The massive Palisades Fire broke out in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon, prompting mandatory evacuations affecting tens of thousands of people and highway closures. Later Tuesday, the Eaton Fire broke out in the foothills of Pasadena on the other side of Los Angeles County.

At least 25 people have been killed and more than 40,000 acres burned as the wildfires race through southern California for a ninth day

Officers in Azusa, California have arrested a man suspected of arson following a brush fire that broke out Friday night in Pioneer Park.

Law enforcement in Southern California detained a possible arson ... Instead, officers arrested him on a felony probation charge, a LAPD spokesperson told USA TODAY by phone.

Coverage of the fires ravaging Altadena, Malibu, Pacific Palisades and Pasadena, including stories about the devastation, issues firefighters faced and the weather.

Southern California residents tell KCAL that they refuse to leave their LA homes amid the wildfires due to looters.

Disasters like that in southern California open the door to scams, burglaries and looting, with so many people unable to return to their homes.