The homeless man tackled and zip-tied by onlookers who say he was trying to start fires with a blowtorch near a Los Angeles wildfire is an illegal immigrant who will likely be protected by ...

A homeless man has been busted on suspicion of arson close to where one of the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles broke out — ...

A homeless man suspected of attempting to start a fire with a “flamethrower” was bundled ... but authorities deemed that there was “not enough probable cause” to charge the man.

One resident involved in the citizen’s arrest described the man as being armed with a “propane tank, or a… big yellow tank, like a flame-thrower“. Law enforcement officials have not yet ...

She added that he had what appeared to be a large “propane tank or a flamethrower," with another ... KTLA reported that authorities have not said whether or not the suspect had any connection ...

A man accused by Los Angeles residents of attempting to ignite a blaze around the area of the newly-sparked Kenneth fire has not been charged ... like a flame-thrower basically.