Our favorite "troubled" star has done it again, and this time Amanda Bynes was taken in on a 5150 hold, an involuntary hospitalization for mental evaluation after setting a small fire in front of a Thousands Oaks, California home on Monday night.
Bynes, who is already facing drug charges in New York, was taken into custody for her own safety under California's Welfare and Institutions Code, following a disturbance in the residential neighborhood, said Sheriff's Capt. Don Aguilar.
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Deputies responded to a home in the 200 block of Avenida De Los Arboles about 8:46 p.m. where Amanda was found standing near the campfire.
"The fire was in a driveway of a single family dwelling," Ventura County fire captain Scott Dettorre told the Daily News. "There wasn't anything in the report to indicate it was a large fire."
"We did respond with an engine company," he said, adding that Bynes used "a plastic gas can" to start it.
"When our engine arrived on scene, the fire was out," Dettorre said. "From what I understand, it was a resident of the neighborhood [who put it out]."
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"There was a call about a small fire that she'd apparently set in front of the residence, kind of out on a sidewalk on the concrete," said Sgt. Eric Buschow. "It wasn't an attempt to burn down the house or anything."
Buschow said the fire did not damage the property.
However, Aguilar said that although the incident didn't cause any damages, Amanda Bynes' answers when interrogated weren't too convincing. "Deputies investigated the incident and determined that she met the criteria of 5150 ... She was detained and taken for a mental health evaluation."
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TMZ reported that they spoke to the woman whose driveway Amanda built the fire on, and she had no idea what was going on until cops knocked on her front door. The elderly woman didn't know who the actress was or why she might have started the fire. The homeowner says cops told her Amanda had burned part of her clothing.
Amanda can only be held for 72 hours according to the law.
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