A person is in custody after police said they started a fire in the Hollywood Hills on Sunday.

Video posted to social media shows what looked to be hikers detaining a man holding a black bag who admits to starting the blaze.

On Sunday, July 13, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported a brush fire was reported in the Hollywood Hills at 11:47 a.m.

Firefighters Sunday knocked down a quarter-acre brush fire burning in the Runyon Canyon area of the Hollywood Hills, authorities said. Firefighters dispatched at 11:47 a.m. Sunday to 3026 Runyon ...

The fire cast an orange glow over the area in the 2300 block of North Solar Drive, between Runyon Canyon and Wattles Park. The location is west of the Hollywood Bowl music venue and the 101 Freeway.

A wildfire sparked in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday evening, as Los Angeles grapples with a second day of high wind gusts and dry fire conditions.

A new brush fire dubbed the Sunset fire broke out Wednesday near Runyon Canyon in the Hollywood Hills. Evacuations were lifted Thursday morning.

Firefighters were dispatched to two new blazes that erupted Wednesday — a brush fire that prompted evacuations near the Hollywood Hills and a structure fire in Studio City.

Evacuations were lifted Thursday morning for a brush fire in the Hollywood Hills near Runyon Canyon.