A man has been arrested in Los Angeles after neighbors said they saw him trying to start a fire with a “propane tank or flamethrower."

Aerial view of wildfires in the Los Angeles area Credit: ABC7 Los Angeles Live aerial view of the wildfires in the Los Angeles area. The blazes have killed at least 24 people so far and destroyed thousands of homes.

Aerial footage shows a charred forest in the Palisades area of Los Angeles, highlighting extensive wildfire damage. At least 24 people have died in what California Governor Gavin Newsom called the most devastating natural disaster in U.