There's more to Amanda Bynes' Monday night 5150 hold than just her starting a fire in someone's driveway. In addition, according to a 911 caller, she put a flaming cloth on top of a "gasoline tank."
While the caller said the fire was "small," the prospect of a flaming cloth being placed atop a gas tank -- which we assume was meant to mean a gasoline can -- is daunting. Although the caller was unsure if the can was full or not, it's true that gasoline vapors are extremely flammable, and even if there was no gasoline in the can, there were undoubtedly vapors.
The eyewitness also spoke to reporters earlier today, saying he found Bynes lying down near the driveway with her left pant leg on fire. Although Bynes didn't appear injured, as she quickly put out the flames, the troubled actress said her dog had been burned.
He added that after he confronted Amanda about the fire, he says she left in a cab.
A 5150 hold, according to Wikipedia, is as follows:
Section 5150 is a section of the California Welfare and Institutions Code (specifically, the Lanterman–Petris–Short Act or "LPS") which allows a qualified officer or clinician to involuntarily confine a person deemed to have a mental disorder that makes them a danger to him- or herself, and/or others and/or gravely disabled.
A qualified officer, which includes any California peace officer, as well as any specifically designated county clinician, can request the confinement after signing a written declaration. When used as a term, 5150 (pronounced "fifty-one-fifty") can informally refer to the person being confined or to the declaration itself, or colloquially as a verb}, as in 'Someone was 5150'd'.
Unfortunately, due to embedding limitations, we cannot embed both the 911 call and the eyewitness' account, here. You can listen to his statements here.
