Homeowner spotted man fiddling with tree outside his Hollywood mansion… what he saw next shocked him
A Los Angeles homeowner was left horrified after he saw a man fiddling with a tree outside of his Hollywood mansion, before the suspected arsonist started a fire.
The LA Fires have been razing neighborhoods to the ground as 40,600 acres have become scorched in the past two week – but it seems one man was caught on camera attempting to ignite another blaze in Hollywood.
Mission: Impossible actor, Ricco Ross woke up on Monday to reports that someone had tried to start a fire with a palm tree in his neighborhood on Fuller Street around 6:30am.
‘Woke up this morning and heard that two doors down, somebody had set fire to a tree to try and start a whole fire in West Hollywood,’ he said as he walked around his Melrose neighborhood.
‘He drops a match right here and then just starts walking down the street,’ he explained before telling his followers he was going to try to find the suspected arsonist.
Surveillance footage, shared by Ross, showed a man in a light-colored hoodie stopping near a tree and appearing to throw something before calmly walking away.
As he walked away, sparks can be seen flying off the tree onto the ground.
Smoke can be seen billowing off the tree as firefighters spray it, a separate video showed.
The LA Fires have been taking neighborhoods to the ground as hundreds of acres have become scorched in the past week, but it seems one Neanderthal was caught in Hollywood attempting to set another blaze
Surveillance footage, shared by Ricco Ross, showed a man in a light-colored hoodie stopping near a tree and appearing to throw something before calmly walking away. As he walked away, sparks can be seen flying off the tree onto the ground
Ross revealed a woman used his neighbor’s hose to contain the fire shortly after it started. She noticed the flames while walking by and contained the fire until firefighters arrived
Ross revealed a woman used his neighbor’s hose to contain the fire shortly after it started. She noticed the flames while walking by and contained the fire until firefighters arrived.
A white van that was parked next to the tree sustained heavy damage, with its entire passenger side burnt to a crisp.
It is unclear if the man was apprehended. DailyMail.com has contacted authorities for comment.
The Palisades Fire, which started on January 7 and is only 43 percent contained, have left mass destruction through Los Angeles – burning through 23,700 acres.
The idyllic Palisades neighborhood has gone from a beloved celebrity paradise to something that now resembles a smoldering apocalyptic hellscape.
Hundreds of ritzy, multi-million-dollar homes are now nothing more than piles of rubble and ash, with little evidence left behind of the treasured heirlooms and household items that used to decorate the walls.
Properties that remain partially standing barely offer a glimpse of the glamour they once displayed. Instead of picturesque buildings with perfectly manicured lawns, the properties paint a portrait of the horrific fires.
Mission: Impossible actor, Ricco Ross woke up on Monday to reports that someone had tried to start a fire with a palm tree in his neighborhood on Fuller Street around 6:30am
A white van that was parked next to the tree sustained heavy damage, with its entire passenger side burnt to a crisp
Six fires have erupted across the greater LA area since earlier this month, killing at least 25 people and burning more than 14,445 homes and other structures (pictured: debris from the Palisades Fire)
The remains are covered in black soot and littered with debris, while the trees and shrubbery that were previously green and full of life are burnt to the crisp.
Six fires have erupted across the greater LA area since earlier this month, killing at least 25 people and burning more than 14,445 homes and other structures.
Firefighters are still battling the Palisades Fire, which is the most destructive blaze in LA history.
