most of them started in cars and then some of them spread to nearby buildings and even homes. those fires are said to have caused so far some $2 million in damage. but early this morning, in hollywood, a sheriff's deputy reportedly stopped a van that matched the description of a vehicle seen near one of these fires. and that's when authorities arrested the man you see right here. now, if you look closely, he does resemble to authorities the so-called person of interest. see this? the man police said was in this surveillance video which they released over the weekend. receding hair line, similar ponytail on and on. so far cops are keeping details about the suspect under wraps. listen to this. >> we want to make sure that anyone who is responsible for creating this chaos and these heinous crimes in los angeles, in los angeles county is convicted and we do not want to jeopardize that case. >> shepard: which makes perfect sense. according to an abc news report after the suspect's arrest he told news reporters