Holiday season arson fires, 2011-12

Los Angeles Police Cmdr. Michael Moriarty points to an image of a man walking on Hollywood Boulevard. On Jan. 1, 2012, authorities had identified the man with a distinctive gait as a person of interest in a series of arson fires.

Arson suspect Harry Burkhart is arrested in Hollywood.

Harry Burkhart leaves a downtown courtroom after being found guilty on 47 counts of arson.

A vacant church on Gramercy Street between Hollywood Boulevard and Franklin Avenue burns as residents watch.

A firefighter surveys the scene of a blaze at a home on Rothdell Trail in Laurel Canyon where Doors singer Jim Morrison is believed to have lived.

Firefighters at the scene of a fire on Jan. 2, 2012.  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Jonathan Zimmerman photographs cars that were damaged by an arson fire on Burbank Boulevard in North Hollywood.

Stunned residents return to their apartment complex the morning after an arson fire destroyed two units and four cars in Hollywood.