On Thursday night, the Kenneth fire was being investigated as a possible arson, and a person of interest was detained, officials said. The fire grew quickly to engulf 960 acres near Victory Boulevard west of Gilmore Street and was headed south towards Hidden Hills, fire officials said early Thursday evening.

Residents of Los Angeles’ Woodland Hills neighborhood helped police stop and detain a man with a blowtorch on Thursday, January 9, suspecting him of arson as the Kenneth Fire burned nearby.This footage captured by Chris Sumner shows community members confronting a man with a blowtorch in Woodland Hills,

All mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted in the Kenneth Fire which burned through 1,000 acres in the West Hills area amid several other wildfires in other parts of Los Angeles County.