More than a week after enormous blazes spread unchecked through swathes of America's second-largest metropolis, questions are being asked about how some of the city's super-rich seem to have survived almost unscathed.

Social media users are circulating a 47-second video showing police officers detaining an individual with the claim that he is an Indian national named "Bhuvesh Patel," who was caught attempting to start a fire for looting in Woodland Hills.

LA Wildfire Live Updates: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass warned that the wildfire conditions across the city are “expected to worsen” amid the windstorm.