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The car struck a fire hydrant and a tree on Corbin Avenue in Reseda and caught fire with Arenas inside.

According to KTLA, the pursuit began about 9:30 a.m. near Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street when the truck hit a fire hydrant then fled police.

A video of the early-morning, post-crash scene, obtained by TMZ, showed Arenas lying face down in the street in a few inches of water while the broken hydrant sprayed water into the air.

In a complaint filed late Monday evening, they alleged the city should have ensured that key reservoirs were filled with water and that all fire hydrants were operational prior to the Palisades fire.

After the fire broke out, he appeared on Fox 11, calling the lack of water coming out of fire hydrants “an absolute mismanagement by the city.”