Carport fire damages multiple vehicles in Fairfax, could be connected to series of possible arson

Authorities are investigating the cause of a carport fire that damaged two vehicles in Fairfax early Saturday morning. 

The fire, which was first reported to Los Angeles Fire Department just before 2:15 a.m., torched a detached garage behind homes in the 430 block of N. Curson Avenue before it was extinguished about 20 minutes later. 

Due to a series of similar incidents that have been reported in the same area in recent weeks, investigators are looking into the incident as possible arson. 

According to the Los Angeles Times, a different fire was started about a mile and a half away from Saturday's blaze, in the 260 block of S. Orange Drive, when a pickup truck was found engulfed in flames.