A man was arrested on suspicion of arson on Thursday afternoon in the Woodland Hills near the Kenneth Fire, which had started earlier in the afternoon.

A man was arrested in a Los Angeles neighborhood Thursday on suspicion of arson, but police said there was not enough probable cause to charge him with it.

Celebrities have weighed in after a man suspected to be behind the Kenneth fire in Los Angeles was detained by police.

The suspect was detained near the Kenneth Fire, which the LAPD believes was intentionally set, a police official has said.

Law enforcement officers responded to reports of a man attempting to light a fire behind a van in Woodland Hills.

LOS ANGELES (WKRC) - An alleged arsonist was taken into custody in Los Angeles in an area near the recently-sparked "Kenneth Fire." According to KTLA, Los Angeles police responded to multiple reports of a man attempting to light a fire in the 21700 block of Ybarra Road in Woodland Hills, California.

Out-of-control wildfires are ripping across parts of Los Angeles, leading to at least five deaths, burning down hundreds of buildings, and prompting more than 130,000 people to flee their homes in America's second-largest city.

Police have detained a suspect allegedly responsible for starting one of the fires raging in Los Angeles. The suspect is a homeless man in his 30s, according to Fox LA's Elex Michaelson. The suspect was initially detained "by citizens" in the Woodland Hills neighborhood not long after the Kenneth fire started on Thursday,

The suspect was detained near the Kenneth Fire, which the LAPD believes was intentionally set, a police official has said

Amid the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires, police confirmed they’ve taken a suspect into custody for “possible arson” near the Kenneth Fire in California’s Woodland Hills.