The Los Angeles Police Department has arrested two individuals on Tuesday who admitted to setting fires outside of the wildfire zones.​

Bicyclists ignited a trash can explosion near Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, prompting an arson investigation.

An arson investigation is underway in Los Angeles after a group of bicyclists allegedly set a trash can on fire Saturday afternoon, said the Los Angeles Police Department.

An arson suspect arrested in Pacoima admitted he started a small fire that burned a tree "because he liked the smell of burning leaves," police said.

Two more people are behind bars for allegedly setting small fires in Los Angeles amid high fire-danger conditions and as crews continued efforts to fully contain a pair of destructive blazes.

Police said there wasn't enough probable cause to hold the man on suspicion of arson - after a small brush fire burned near the Griffith Observatory.

Los Angeles authorities have arrested a man after a brush fire broke out in the Griffith Park neighborhood on Monday afternoon, according to the LAPD.

An arson suspect arrested in Pacoima admitted he started a small fire that burned a tree "because he liked the smell of burning leaves," police said.

Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman announced arson charges Friday against six men who set fires around L.A. County in the wake of the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires. A man who impersonated a firefighter to sneak into a Malibu evacuation ...

During the first six days of the wildfires, over 30 arrests were made in wildfire zones across Los Angeles County.

The alleged suspects, identified as a 31-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman, wore turnout gear and had helmets and radios, officials said.

Jan. 8, 1:25 p.m. PST The Palisades Fire in Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades—an affluent coastal neighborhood—exploded to 15,832 acres, according to Cal Fire, making it the largest fire of the four burning in Los Angeles County as of Wednesday afternoon.