In Los Angeles County, the most notable region under alert is from the edge of Oxnard to Bel Air through the Santa Monica Mountains. “Humidities have already fallen to between 10 and 15 percent across much of the region,” the Weather Service said in a news statement last night. The Weather Service is especially concerned that winds, with low humidity, could spread in already dense mountain brush. Officials also tell news that, if a fire does erupt, “there could be the potential for large fire growth with rapid fire spread.”

The same alert is in place until 2 pm today for sections of San Bernardino and Riverside counties. No alert has been issued for the weekend. For the latest red-flag warning map, click HERE.

Officials confirm to the news that the Crestline Fire was the result of an overturned vehicle. Shortly before midnight, a woman on Highway 18 at Panorama Point was involved in a car crash. That crash set brush on fire; thereafter, the fire spread to fifteen acres by midnight.

Nearly four hundred firefighters, however, battled the blaze throughout the night. Those efforts will result in containment by Friday morning. The fire, however, has caused road closures. Highway 18 from State Route 138 below Crestline to 40th Street in San Bernardino is closed this morning. Officials have yet to detail to news when the area will reopen.

Officials confirm that no evacuations were ordered and that no structures were threatened during the blaze. Meantime, LAFD is alerting residents around Los Angeles of high fire warnings through tonight. Those areas include Malibu and sections of the Santa Monica Mountains. Winds are expected as high as fifty mph with humidity as low as ten percent.

In September last year, a Cajon Pass fire prompted the I-15 closure. The Cajon Fire, aka “The Hill Fire”, erupted west of Crestline at the time.

Diaz tells news that the 2012 fire was put out swiftly due the help of one hundred LAFD firefighters and two water-dropping helicopters. While the cause of the fire is still unknown, unconfirmed reports believe that a faulty electrical transformer may have been involved.

Two years ago, the same community was rocked by two fires within days of each other. In August 2009, a first fire erupted near Trump National Golf Course. Seventy-fire acres were closed and evacuations were issued for Portuguese Bend, Amber Sky, and Crest Road. At least six homes were lost. Then in September that year, a second fire erupted close to Chadwick School near the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Palos Verdes Drive North.

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Initially the person wasn’t a suspect. “He has his right hand in his pocket, he never removes his right hand from his pocket,” said Los Angeles police Commander Michael Moriaty. But Moriaty initially said “We’re not labeling this person as a suspect, but we certainly would like to talk to this person.”

But after interrogations were held, Harry Burkhart was arrested and named as the top suspect for the Hollywood arson fires.

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To date, LAFD has been handling two different arson cases. They confirmed that a first round of fires was set by one person; they believe that suspect is 22-year-old Samuel Arrington of Sunland.

A second round of fifty-five fires were set by a separate person, LAFD tells news. Investigators claim “A total of 55 fires of concern have broke out in the Los Angeles area over the last four days from 12/30/11 to 01/02/12. ” Forty-five fires have erupted in the Los Angeles area, nine in West Hollywood, and one in Burbank.

LAFD news over the weekend “It doesn’t matter how small a fire you intended to start. Arson is not just a serious crime, it’s a Felony.”

Last week, rewards for the arsonist were increased . ATF was offering ten thousand dollars, while LA City was offering twenty-five thousand “for info leading to arrest & conviction” of the Hollywood arsonist. Now the total rewards has reportedly been increased to $65,000. It remains unclear if anyone will be getting the reward money.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told news today “Over the past few days we have been faced with an ongoing series of arson fires committed by an individual with wanton disregard for the lives and property of Angelenos. Thankfully, there have been no lives lost to these criminal acts and only minor injuries to date.”

The Mayor added “After another series of fires last night that brought the total to 54 since Friday, I am encouraged by the detainment this morning of a ‘person of interest’ in Hollywood. While the investigation continues, I am thankful for the ongoing and relentless effort by the LAFD, LAPD and other agencies to respond to these incidents and pursue every lead toward an arrest in the case.”

He noted “I also want to thank Angelenos for their vigilance these past few days and their patience as our public safety agencies worked under extremely challenging circumstances to not only handle the rash of arson fires, but to protect the rest of the City, as well, over the New Year Holiday. “

Police confirm that the arson fires erupting in Los Angeles have been the work of two people. They tell news that they arrested one arson suspect initially. But after that arrest, the fires were set by a second person, believed to be a copycat arsonist. They have now labeled the above male as a person of interest in the subsequent round of arson fires.

“We know of two persons…  the fires continued after we took that person into custody” officials tell news. The above surveillance video was taken at a commercial businesses at Hollywood Boulevard and Orange. “This individual has been at several of the fires locations” officials tell news. He is a white male, age 20-30, with a receding hairline and a ponytail.

Nearly one hundred LAFD, local and federal investigators are trying to catch the second arsonist. The second person has allegedly set thirty-nine fires, mostly to vehicles, some which have spread to apartments. Seven fires were set Saturday night, adding to a dozen in North Hollywood on Friday, and twenty-one in West Hollywood and Hollywood between Thursday and Friday.

Six of seven new fires match arson activity of past two days. The mode of operation to ignite vehicles, officials confirm. “We take this an attack on the heart and soul of public safety officials.”