Skip to content

Condition: Post with Page_List

Listen
Search
Please enter at least 3 characters.

Latest Stories

Person arrested as fire scorches five acres in Burbank

Scene from fire
Burbank Police Department

A person was detained Tuesday on suspicion of intentionally starting a small brush fire in the hills above Burbank that led to some voluntary evacuations.

Want to get caught up on what's happening in SoCal every weekday afternoon? Click to follow The L.A. Local wherever you get podcasts.

The fire was reported late Tuesday morning near Sunset Canyon and Orange Grove Drive, according to the Burbank Police Department.


"One person has been detained in connection with this fire on suspicion of deliberately setting it." police said in a statement on X. "The fire has burned less than five acres."

At about 11:30 a.m., police reported that the fire's forward progress had been stopped by firefighters. The Los Angeles Fire Department's Air Support personnel assisted in battling the flames.

"One person has been detained in connection with this fire on suspicion of deliberately setting it." police said in a statement on X.

Follow KNX News 97.1 FM
Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok