Person detained in L.A. arson attacks
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LOS ANGELES - Twelve more suspected arson fires broke out early Monday in the Los Angeles area, and a “person of interest” was taken into custody for questioning in connection with the dozens of suspicious car fires that have hit city since last week.

The developments came a day after police distributed DVDs featuring footage of a man between 20 and 30 years old with a receding hairline and a shoulder-length ponytail. He was seen on grainy surveillance video Saturday after emerging on foot from inside an underground parking structure on Hollywood Boulevard where a car fire was reported.

Fire department spokesman Capt. Jaime Moore said it was too soon to say whether the “person of interest” was the man seen on the video footage. “It’s still too early to say whether or not this person has any direct correlation to the fires,” Moore said.

No arrests had been made.