Update: The individual arrested in connection to this incident has not been confirmed as the person who started the Kenneth fire.
USA Today reports, “After interviewing the suspect and reviewing evidence, officers determined they did not have probable cause to arrest the man on charges related to any fires.”
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, citizens witnessed a man using a blowtorch to start fires amid the city’s ongoing disaster and apprehended the individual until officers arrived to make an arrest.
Speaking with News Nation on Thursday night, an officer said the fire was intentionally sparked by the man who ended up being detained by the heroic locals.
šØ #BREAKING UPDATE: The arsonist who started the Kenneth Fire in Los Angeles, which burned over 800 acres, was tackled and detained by citizens, per police
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 10, 2025
THATās the America I know and love šŗšø https://t.co/ItuGjFcfp0 pic.twitter.com/fHlOTUGnx5
The man carried a large blowtorch and rode a bicycle down the street while stopping to try and light garbage cans and old Christmas trees on fire, according to eyewitnesses.
When angry residents saw this, they reportedly chased him down and restrained him while waiting on the police.
A neighbor named Renata Grinshpun told KTLA, āWe were sitting in the backyard and suddenly, we hear a car come to a screeching halt, and the guy is running out saying, āStop! Drop what youāre holding! Neighbors, heās trying to start a fire! Call 911!āā
The suspect is believed to be responsible for the Kenneth fire, which has burned over 900 acres so far and still threatens nearby communities and infrastructure.
The individual is allegedly homeless and speaks Spanish as his first language, hinting he may be an illegal immigrant.
Watch footage of the suspect being arrested below:
šØ UPDATE: Hereās the arsonist who was arrested for allegedly starting the Kenneth Fire, which has burned 800+ acres of Los Angeles
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 10, 2025
Are we about to find out these fires are being set by illegal migrant gangs with the intent of looting?
Or maybe to distract law enforcement? https://t.co/xjyb6nSMx3 pic.twitter.com/ZiVrE1Hukw
The arrest linked to the Kenneth Fire means it’s the only one among the multiple ongoing fires where the cause has been determined.
The news comes after many people online were criticized for suggesting the obvious notion that the deadly infernos terrorizing Los Angeles citizens may have been intentionally started.
Hollywood actor Henry Winkler posted to š on Thursday, writing, “THERE IS an ARSONIST here in LA . May you be beaten you unrecognizable !!! The pain you have caused !!!”
The LAFD and several media outlets slammed Winkler for making the accusation.
Meanwhile, as Infowars exposed Thursday, several other reports of arson have been documented in the L.A. area since the fires began.
Popular podcast host and Stanford Medicine Professor of Neurobiology & Ophthalmology Andrew Huberman, Ph.D. filmed a group of people allegedly lighting a fire in an urban area of Santa Monica Wednesday night.
In another video, citizens filmed a man who they saw spark a small fire in the Sepulveda Dam area.
The individual was reportedly approached by police and eventually let loose.
Locals called 911 to report a group of men wearing ski masks were setting multiple fires on Wednesday night.
The Citizen app also notified locals about police responding to reports of a woman setting fire to a tumbleweed near a bus stop on Wednesday evening.
911 report of woman setting fire to a tumbleweed pic.twitter.com/aCEcCT6hk6
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) January 9, 2025
It’s possible that far-left eco-terrorists are behind some of the fires, that criminals who want to loot homes are sparking the blazes, or that anti-American illegals who hate the country are trying to burn down Los Angeles.
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