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

Wednesday, 3:49 p.m. PST The Hughes Fire increased to 8,096 acres, spreading northeast and triggering 12 evacuation warnings and 10 evacuation orders for adjacent areas. Wednesday, 1:17 p.m. PST The Hughes Fire spread to 5,054 acres in a largely mountainous area.

At least 28 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage across Southern California.

Los Angeles police said "a male was heard stating a suspect was trying 'to light a fire' near the Kenneth Fire". The allegation was later ruled unfounded.

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.

The LAPD reportedly detained two men near Kamala Harris' Brentwood home in the Palisades Fire evacuation zone after potential burglary call came in.

Democratic lawmakers have drawn a surge of criticism since the fires began. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was lambasted, including by members of her own party, for traveling abroad while Californians were forced to flee their homes amid the fires and California Governor Gavin Newsom has attracted harsh scrutiny from Republicans.

Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of communities

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies in Atladena were told to wear masks and decontaminate uniforms because the air was "hazardous, containing lead, asbestos, and other

An Oregon couple went to the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles with a fire truck that may have been previously used by a Northern California fire department before it was decommissioned and auctioned

The National Weather Service issued a Particularly Dangerous Situation warning Monday, says winds could reach up to 100 mph.

Los Angeles deputies arrest Oregonians in fake fire truck claiming to be firefighters; suspect had prior arson conviction.