The flamethrower is one of the flashiest weapons any movie can feature, and plenty of horror, action, and war films make use ...

A homeless man has been busted on suspicion of arson close to where one of the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles broke out — ...

Residents performed a citizens' arrest on Thursday evening, intervening as a man sought to light another fire in Woodland ...

A homeless man suspected of attempting to start a fire with a “flamethrower” was bundled to the ground and zip-tied by ...

Men armed with zip ties and ropes were able to restrain a man wielding a "flamethrower" after he appeared to try and ignite a ...

Five people are dead and more than 150,000 are under evacuation orders as a new blaze burns through Hollywood Hills ...

Law enforcement officers responded to reports of a man attempting to light a fire behind a van in Woodland Hills.

“He had a propane tank, or a… it was a big yellow tank, like a flame-thrower basically. The neighbor said he saw the guy behind a van, trying to light something on fire,” she continue ...

Also, sign up for NPR's breaking news alerts. Air tankers are dropping thousands of gallons of red flame retardant in the hills around Los Angeles as firefighters attempt to limit the devastation ...