A possible arson suspect was arrested Thursday night near the Kenneth Fire area as fire crews continue battling flames burning near homes in Calabasas and West Hills. At around 4:30 p.m., Los Angeles police responded to reports of a man attempting to light a fire in the 21700 block of Ybarra Road in Woodland Hills.

The alleged arson was reported about 5 and a half miles from the approximate start of the Kenneth fire, near Victory Boulevard west of Gilmore Street in West Hills. Residents in the area found the person and held him down until police arrived, KTLA reported.

An arson suspect has been arrested in connection to the rapidly spreading Kenneth Fire in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. The fire, which has scorched 960 acres, prompted mandatory evacuations as authorities investigate the blaze's intentional cause.

A 50-acre brush fire sparked in the Woodland Hills area near the 101 Freeway Thursday afternoon. The Los Angeles Fire Department said the fire is burning toward the south, relatively close to homes. A mandatory evacuation order has been issued for Vanowen south to Burbank Boulevard and County Lane Road east to East Valley Circle Boulevard,

Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for Vanowen Street south to Burbank Boulevard and County Lane Road east to E. Valley Circle Boulevard, fire officials said.

With several devastating wildfires already burning in the Los Angeles region, another brush fire forced evacuation orders in Woodland Hills on Thursday afternoon.