The newest blaze to break out in the wider Los Angeles area, the Kenneth Fire, is now burning across 960 acres northeast of the city of Calabasas.
None of the fire is contained, and its perimeters are threatening residential communities on the outskirts of Calabasas, a city about 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in the early hours of Friday that 900 additional firefighters were being deployed to battle the blaze.
Authorities earlier arrested a man near the vicinity of the fire on suspicion of arson, after receiving a call from a witness who saw the man “attempting to light a fire,” the Los Angeles Police Department told CNN over email.
The arrest was made in the 21700 block of Ybarra Road in Woodland Hills at 4:32 p.m. Thursday, police said, adding that they cannot confirm whether the detainee had any connection to the Kenneth Fire at this time.
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