Authorities arrested an arson suspect in a Los Angeles fire that forced evacuation orders for 1,000 people as 540 firefighters worked to contain the blaze in city’s western hills, officials said on Monday.
Helicopters dropped water on the fire while firefighters on the ground worked the steep hills where at least 1,325 acres (536 hectares) had burned near the Pacific Palisades and Topanga Canyon areas, officials said.
Mandatory evacuations were ordered for an area near Topanga Canyon with other residents on standby to leave.
Topanga Canyon is a remote, wooded community with some ranch homes about 20 miles (30 km) west of downtown Los A…
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