A 52-year-old man was taken into custody early Tuesday after a standoff in Long Beach that started when he allegedly started a fire and threatened to burn down a high-rise apartment building.
Firefighters were called to the 300 block of W. Ocean Boulevard at about 10 p.m. Monday on reports of a manual pull-fire alarm, according to Long Beach police.
When crews arrived they saw smoke that quickly dissipated. The suspect, who police described as hostile, barricaded himself on the sixth floor of the building and threatened to burn down the apartment structure, police said.
People in the building were evacuated, and firefighters called a SWAT team to the scene.