section_path: Wildfires/Kenneth Fire
section_name: Kenneth Fire
paragraph_text: Kenneth Fire
  
  The Kenneth Fire was first reported on January 9 at 2:30 p.m. PST, igniting along a trailhead near Victory Boulevard in the West Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. The fire quickly grew to 50 acres (20 ha; 0.078 sq mi; 0.20 km 2). Resources from both Los Angeles County and Ventura County were requested. Mandatory evacuations were ordered for the area from Vanowen Street south to Burbank Boulevard and from County Lane Road east to Valley Circle Boulevard. Additional evacuation warnings were ordered for areas east of Valley Circle and for parts of Oak Park. By 5:30 p.m. PST, the fire had grown to at least 960 acres (390 ha; 1.50 sq mi; 3.9 km 2) and was approaching suburbs in Calabasas and Hidden Hills. Soon after, governor Newsom announced the deployment of 900 additional firefighters to the area. The cause of the fire is being investigated.
  
  On January 10, civilians detained a man whom they believed was trying to start a fire, and he was arrested by the LAPD. Police finally decided they did not have probable cause to detain him on suspicion of arson. On the same day, an evacuation warning was mistakenly issued for the entirety of Los Angeles County rather than an area specific to the Kenneth fire and was subsequently sent out to cellphones across the county as a wireless emergency alert message to nearly 10 million LA-area residents; County Supervisor Janice Hahn later confirmed that the alerts were accidental, with a follow-up correction alert being sent. On January 10, Los Angeles County suspended the use of Genasys in favor of the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES). The fire was 100 percent contained on January 12 after burning 1,052 acres (426 ha; 1.644 sq mi; 4.26 km 2) of land.
  
  The Kenneth Fire was first reported on January 9 at 2:30 p.m. PST, igniting along a trailhead near Victory Boulevard in the West Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. The fire quickly grew to 50 acres (20 ha; 0.078 sq mi; 0.20 km 2). Resources from both Los Angeles County and Ventura County were requested. Mandatory evacuations were ordered for the area from Vanowen Street south to Burbank Boulevard and from County Lane Road east to Valley Circle Boulevard. Additional evacuation warnings were ordered for areas east of Valley Circle and for parts of Oak Park. By 5:30 p.m. PST, the fire had grown to at least 960 acres (390 ha; 1.50 sq mi; 3.9 km 2) and was approaching suburbs in Calabasas and Hidden Hills. Soon after, governor Newsom announced the deployment of 900 additional firefighters to the area. The cause of the fire is being investigated.
  
  On January 10, civilians detained a man whom they believed was trying to start a fire, and he was arrested by the LAPD. Police finally decided they did not have probable cause to detain him on suspicion of arson. On the same day, an evacuation warning was mistakenly issued for the entirety of Los Angeles County rather than an area specific to the Kenneth fire and was subsequently sent out to cellphones across the county as a wireless emergency alert message to nearly 10 million LA-area residents; County Supervisor Janice Hahn later confirmed that the alerts were accidental, with a follow-up correction alert being sent. On January 10, Los Angeles County suspended the use of Genasys in favor of the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES). The fire was 100 percent contained on January 12 after burning 1,052 acres (426 ha; 1.644 sq mi; 4.26 km 2) of land.