Flames from an electric vehicle that caught fire overnight damaged some power lines and scorched a home in the Granada Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.

The fire was reported around 2 a.m. on Rinaldi Street near Haskell Avenue.

Firefighters found flames engulfing a Mercedez-Benz, which proved to be difficult to put out.

The electrical nature of the fire made it so intense that firefighters requested additional resources, Stringer News Service KNN reported.

Flames from the burning vehicle spread to a nearby home and burned some power lines in the area. It was unclear if power was affected at any of the residences.

The cause of the fire was unknown but what appeared to be a charging chord or possibly a power line was seen draped across the front of the vehicle as it was burning.

There was no word on whether the car was charging at the time of the fire.

As details emerge in the slaying of “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor, the woman with him on the night he was fatally shot is speaking out and hoping for justice.  

The tragedy unfolded on May 25 at around 3:15 a.m. as Anita Joy, a friend and coworker of the 37-year-old actor at Level 8 Restaurant & Lounge in downtown Los Angeles, was walking with Wactor to their cars at the end of their shift.  

As the pair neared the corner of Pico Boulevard and Hope Street, they saw something odd.  

“We noticed his car was at an angle,” she told KTLA’s Omar Lewis. “So, he was like, ‘Oh, I’m getting towed,’ and we look around and this guy stands up by his right tire, his front tire, with a big jack already lifting up the car.”  

Joy added that there were two other men inside his car. The three suspects were in the process of stealing Wactor’s catalytic converter.  

“Both of us were like, ‘Hey, what you’re doing, man? This is his car,’ but Johnny was not aggressive or confrontational,” she explained.  

That’s when she said Wactor stepped in front of her and a gunman immediately fired a deadly shot that hit him in the chest.  

“I grab him, and I go, ‘Johnny, honey, are you okay?” and he goes, ‘Nope, shot.’ He just says those two words,” Joy said. “Once I saw his chest, I just started screaming for help.”  

Coworkers heard her screams and ran over to help, while his killers, all wearing dark clothing with ski masks and driving a dark-colored sedan, fled northbound on Hope Street.  

Joy, who had known Wactor for eight years, said he died in her arms.  

As she mourns the loss of her friend, she’s also seeking justice.  

“Catching [the suspects] is the first thing,” Joy said. “That’s the priority and then the conviction is what everyone is concerned about because this has happened before and people get a slap on the wrist and thrown back onto the streets.  

Joy has since quit her job at Level 8, located in the 1200 block of Hope Street. While she’s not blaming her former employer for what happened, she’s hoping they will start providing safe parking for their employees.  

Several friends of the 37-year-old have planned a call to action on Friday where they plan to reach out to L.A. City Councilman Kevin de León to demand justice in this case.  

A GoFundMe page created to help Wactor’s family wit the expense of travel and investigation into finding his killers can be found here.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Detectives Gonzales or Martinez at 213-996-4142. Those who wish to remain anonymous should call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or leave tips online at lacrimestoppers.org.  

Wactor appeared as Brando Corbin in 164 episodes of the popular soap opera, “General Hospital” between 2020 and 2022. He also appeared in other shows such as “Westworld” and “Criminal Minds.” 

A man from Pasadena accused of a carjacking in Ventura County is in custody after turning himself in, authorities announced this week.  

Officials at the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said that on May 17, Ismael Arellano approached a 34-year-old woman at an In-N-Out Burger in the 1300 block of Ventura Boulevard in Camarillo under the pretense of needing to use her cellphone.  

“Subsequently, the suspect used force to take the victim’s vehicle keys and drove off with the stolen vehicle,” a VCSO news release stated.  

Arellano, investigators later learned, was on active parole for assault with a deadly weapon at the time of the carjacking.  

The victim’s vehicle was found abandoned days later in downtown L.A. near the Los Angeles Police Department where the 28-year-old had voluntarily turned himself in.  

Arellano was arrested by LAPD, and his parole was revoked.  

After authorities in Ventura issued an arrest warrant for him, he was taken into custody on May 23 at the L.A. County Jail and transferred to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office pre-trial detention facility.  

He has since been charged by the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office with felony carjacking, possession of stolen property and unlawful taking of a vehicle. He remains in custody on $200,000 bail.  

He is due to appear in court on June 5.