Crime & Safety
Suspect Arrested In Hollywood Arsons
Police arrested a man suspected of setting several fires in Hollywood Friday including one near the Hollywood Bowl.
BREAKING: Just drove past brush fire burning next to 101 South near Hollywood Bowl. Kudos to brave civilians with fire extinguishers. #besafe @FOXLA @GDLA pic.twitter.com/y3Y5snSEt2
— Dan Cohen (@DanCohenFOX11) August 30, 2019
HOLLYWOOD, CA — Arson investigators looking into the cause of a Hollywood brush fire Friday arrested a man suspected of setting that and other fires, authorities said Saturday.
It started at 1:30 p.m. Friday with a fire held to half-acre in the 2300 block of North Highland Avenue in the Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange said.
It took 65 firefighters about 30 minutes to put out that fire despite encountering some dry hydrants, he said.
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Arson investigators talked to witnesses and looked at physical evidence that led them to talk to a man in his late 50s or early 60s and arrest him on suspicion of arson on forest land, Prange said.
The man -- whose name has not been released -- is suspected of setting four to five related fires on Highland Avenue and Cahuenga Boulevard Friday afternoon.
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"The case will be presented to the DA for felony filing considerations," Prange said.
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