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 man is accused of setting off an arson fire in Los Angeles' Griffith Park neighborhood.The Los Angeles City's fire and police departments responded to a brush fire off the Boy Scout Trail near the Griffith Observatory around 1 p.

The suspect, who was not named, was arrested near the Kenneth Fire at about 4:30 p.m. when police were called out to a report of a man attempting to light a fire in the 21700 block of Ybarra Road in Woodland Hills. Police were helped by residents who secured the man until law enforcement arrived.

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said it apprehended a suspect Thursday accused of sparking the Kenneth Fire. LAPD Senior Lead Officer Charles Dinse said the fire began Thursday at around

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

Los Angeles district attorney Nathan Hochman has vowed to come down hard on anyone found guilty of arson: "Justice will be swift."

Los Angeles police arrested a man Monday on suspicion of arson after a small brush fire broke out in Griffith Park under the Observatory.

Yet another fire broke out in Los Angeles on Monday, this time in Griffith Park. But first responders were able to quickly extinguish the fire, putting the quarter-acre blaze out in just 31 minutes. The Los Angeles Police Department told reporting media that an arson suspect was taken into custody for the event,