Two people were detained Wednesday morning after callers to the Los Angeles Police Department said a man was seen setting several fires around North Hollywood.
According to callers to the LAPD, the man was seen wearing all black and with a black face mask on.
It was not immediately clear which fires the man set, but he was seen setting at least one of the eight Wednesday morning fires that burned around North Hollywood. There is not yet evidence connecting all of the fires, but they are being investigated by LAFD Arson Investigators.
Locations for some of those fires include:
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- Troost Avenue and Oxnard Street, where a dumpster fire was called in at 7:45 a.m.
- Colfax and Erwin Street, where two vehicles were seen on fire and called in at 7:30 a.m.
- Tujunga and Martha Street, where another dumpster fire was called in at an unknown time.
- Laurel Canyon and Sylvan Street, where a vacant building fire was called in at 6:40 a.m.
That building in North Hollywood partially collapsed as firefighters battled the early morning fire for over an hour.
According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, a call came in around 6:40 a.m. about a fire at a building in the 6200 block of North Canyon Boulevard.
The building, fomerly known as the Lamplighter Family Restaurant, was vacant when firefighters arrived.
By 7:15 a.m., firefighters were fighting the blaze from the outside of the one-story building.
The fire had already burned through the roof of the commercial building, and the building had partially collapsed, the LAFD said.
The fire was still burning half an hour later at 7:45 a.m.
No injuries were immediately reported.
The fire was finally knocked down at 8:45 a.m. with the help of over 100 firefighters, the LAFD said.
One of the people questioned was a man detained at Tujunga and Lankershim. It was not immediately clear where the second person was detained, nor was it clear whether they were both involved or whether there was just one suspect.
The investigation by the LAPD and LAFD is ongoing.
