A Southern California rainstorm on January 26 provided much-needed relief for firefighters working on containment. But there may have been another culprit behind the conflagrations: Arsonists using the opportunity to sow further chaos.

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.

Firefighters are still working to contain the two largest blazes. About 95% of fires in California are caused by humans, whether through an intentional act of arson, a downed power line, or a backyard barbecue party or fireworks celebration gone awry ...

A new House bill would make it a federal crime to “cause a wildfire, further the spread of a wildfire, or attempt to do either,” according to the bill’s sponsors.

Rain returned to California over the weekend, aiding with the ongoing wildfire fight across the LA area. But the arrival of rain also brought the risk of flash flooding and mudslides in recent burn scar areas.

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.

Fugitive Josephine Sunshine Overaker's alleged eco-terror cell "The Family" has been linked to more than two dozen arson attacks from 1996 to 2001.

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

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 ...

Charges also include non-arson crimes. Keyshon Walker ... including many who have been charged with burglary. Hochman, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office and local authorities have vowed to arrest and prosecute looters ...

Without answers, some in fire-prone California are filling in the gaps themselves ... he said investigators were also examining the possibility of arson. "We had numerous fires in the LA County region almost simultaneously, which leads us to believe ...

Footage shows the moment an arson suspect was arrested in Azusa, California, while standing next to a burning tree, as the wildfires in Los Angeles and surrounding California areas continue.