Moment LA man is grabbed and arrested by LAPD after he was seen carrying a blow torch near fires in Woodland Hills, California.
READ MORE: Follow along with DailyMail.com'sA man has been arrested after firefighters caught him 'actively lighting fires' in Los Angeles county, it has emerged.
Police have also not revealed if Montes was responsible for starting the brush fire or if any of the blazes that he allegedly lit have caused damage. It is also unclear if he has any ties to the other fires ravaging LA. Officials did not provide say whether the brush fire had been quenched, but photos shared by police show firefighters cleaning up what appears to an extinguished blaze
While on the scene, they witnessed Montes 'suspect actively lighting fires in the area', police said. Montes' arrest comes just days after Mexican national Juan Manuel Sierra-Leyva was detained by Calabasas residents for allegedly starting fires in the area. Officials took Mexican national Juan Manuel Sierra-Leyva into custody but said they lacked probable cause to arrest him on arson charges, and instead arrested him on a probation violation
Police officers said at the time the suspect was taken to the Topanga police station after being restrained for 'about 20 to 30 minutes.' Yet the detainer request comes as three fires continue to burn through 40,000 acres across the most affluent neighborhoods in LA, with A-list celebrity homes and restaurant hotspots among the 12,300 structures wiped out.
Sixteen of the 24 deaths were attributed to the Eaton Fire and eight to the Palisades Fire, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office. It predicted severe fire conditions through Wednesday, with sustained winds of up to 40mph and gusts in the mountains reaching 70mph. In all, four fires have consumed more than 62 square miles, an area larger than San Francisco. The Eaton Fire near Pasadena and the Palisades Fire, in a wealthy enclave along the Pacific Coast, alone accounted for 59 square miles. Each fire had some containment, which increased over the weekend.
Evidence reviewed by The Washington Post suggests that the Palisades inferno was ignited in the same spot where fire crews put out flames a week before - and residents claim their response the second time was much slower.
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