For the fifth night in a row, a spate of arson fires has sent firefighters scrambling to extinguish car fires in the Hollywood, Hollywood Hills, Studio City, and Sherman Oaks neighborhoods of Los Angeles.
A Los Angeles Fire Department engine arrives at a fire in the Laurel Canyon section of Los Angeles on Friday Dec. 30, 2011.
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An investigator works the scene where fire caused damage to a two-story apartment at 1156 N. Cahuenga Blvd. in Hollywood, section of Los Angeles, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011.
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Suyapa Herrera returns to her home where fire caused damage to a two-story apartment on N. Cahuenga Boulevard in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011.
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Agustin Renteria, 10, returns to his home where fire caused damage to a two-story apartment on N. Cahuenga Boulevard in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011.
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Suyapa Herrera, left, and Agustin Renteria, 10, return to their home where fire caused damage to a two-story apartment on N. Cahuenga Boulevard in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011.
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Silvino Medina and his son Silverio, 7, look at their neighbor's home where fire caused damage to a two-story apartment at 1156 N. Cahuenga Blvd. in Hollywood, section of Los Angeles, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011.
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Los Angeles City firefighter Dane Jackson investigates the scene where fire caused damage to a home once occupied by Doors frontman Jim Morrison, at 8021 Rothdell Trail in the Hollywood Hills, section of Los Angeles, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011.
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Los Angeles City firefighter Dane Jackson investigates the scene where fire caused damage to a home once occupied by Doors frontman Jim Morrison, at 8021 Rothdell Trail in the Hollywood Hills, section of Los Angeles, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011.
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Los Angeles City firefighter Dane Jackson investigates the scene where fire caused damage to a home once occupied by Doors frontman Jim Morrison, at 8021 Rothdell Trail in the Hollywood Hills, section of Los Angeles, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011.
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Los Angeles City firefighter Dane Jackson investigates the scene where fire caused damage to a home once occupied by Doors frontman Jim Morrison, at 8021 Rothdell Trail in the Hollywood Hills, section of Los Angeles, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011.
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Los Angeles City firefighter Dane Jackson investigates the scene where fire caused damage to a home once occupied by Doors frontman Jim Morrison, at 8021 Rothdell Trail in the Hollywood Hills, section of Los Angeles, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011.
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A Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter is shown at a fire in West Hollywood, Calif., on Friday Dec. 30, 2011.
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Burning cars are shown at the site of an arson fire in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on Friday Dec. 30, 2011.
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An elderly woman is rescued from her apartment as sheriff's deputies and LAPD officers alert residents in a building on fire in West Hollywood, Calif., Friday, Dec. 30, 2011.
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Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters assist a man out of his apartment along with a cage of birds as multiple cars burn in a carport in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011.
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A Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter waits for water to extinguish multiple cars on fire in a carport in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011.
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A Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter assists a woman and her cat out of her apartment as multiple cars burn in a carport in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011.
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Los Angeles Police Department officers evacuate residents of an apartment building as multiple cars burn in a carport in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011.
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A Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter extinguishes multiple cars on fire in a carport in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011.
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Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters assist a man out of his apartment along with a cage of birds as multiple cars burn in a carport in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011.
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Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters extinguish cars on fire in a carport in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012.
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Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters extinguish a car on fire in a carport in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012.
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Residents stand outside of their apartment after a car fire in a carport forced their evacuation in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012.
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Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters extinguish numerous cars on fire in a carport in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012.
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Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters don breathing apparatus before extinguishing two cars burning in a carport in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012.
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A Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter extinguishes a car on fire in a parking lot in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012.
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Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters extinguish a car on fire in a carport in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012.
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Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters extinguish numerous cars on fire in a carport in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012.
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