- NEW: There have been 54 fires of concern since Friday, a fire department spokesman says
- NEW: No new suspicious fires have been announced since a man was detained questioning
- A video released by authorities showed a man allegedly tied to at least two fires
- A search was conducted at a residence
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Authorities have detained a man for questioning in connection with a suspected arson spree in the Los Angeles area.
It was not immediately clear whether it's the same man seen in a surveillance video released by authorities.
Fifty-four fires of concern have broken out in the Los Angeles area since Friday, fire department spokesman Cecco Secci said Monday. Earlier, the department had said there were 55.
Eleven of the fires took place overnight, in the very early hours of Monday -- nine within the city of Los Angeles and two in West Hollywood, Secci said.
Authorities did not report any new suspicious fires after the arrest Monday.
The video released by authorities showed a man who appears to be in his late 20s to mid-30s and has a ponytail, receding hairline and dark hair.
CNN saw a man with a ponytail detained in a sheriff's department vehicle near the location of several fires.
Capt. Brian Dameron of the fire department said the man was arrested near Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue.
Michael Moriarty, a commander in the Los Angeles Police Department's detectives bureau, said authorities have video of a man in two instances directly tied to recent fires.
Authorities have not announced whether the man in custody is the man in the video.
The arrest came after a series of new blazes erupted overnight, very early Monday, after authorities released the video.
Cars were set on fire in Hollywood and Van Nuys, Capt. Jaime Moore of the Los Angeles Fire Department said early Monday.
California arsonist spotted? 
String of arsons in Hollywood Los Angeles has not seen such a rash of fires since the city's riots in 1992.
City councilman Tom LaBonge described the fires as the work of an arsonist who struck "like lightning."
"There's nothing worse than something that can be prevented," the councilman said.
A joint task force that includes city and county fire and police department officials is investigating the string of fires.
It includes about 25 personnel from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that spokesman Patrick Gorman said would be on the scene by Monday.
These personnel have "special experience to determine the cause and origin of fires," Gorman said.
Moriarty said the law enforcement officers "executed a search warrant" Sunday morning at a single-family residence.
"We interviewed a number of people, (but) we did not make any arrests," he said.
There is a $60,000 reward in the case.
Police were asking residents in the area to bring forward any surveillance video from their properties that might show suspicious activity. Residents are also being encouraged to follow the "see something, say something" motto and report suspicious behavior to authorities.
Officials sought Sunday to show their commitment to finding the person or people behind the fires.
"We're not going to rest and we're going to put all the resources out there," Assistant Fire Chief Patrick Butler said.
They also asked residents to help deter the perpetrator by leaving porch lights on and locking their vehicles, as many of the fires were set using a car as the incendiary device.
"Auto fires, as soon as they get going, they get really hot, really fast," Butler said. "They essentially give off their own combustibles."
Some of the fires spread to nearby buildings, though no injuries have been reported. Among the homes damaged was one that was once occupied by The Doors frontman Jim Morrison.
"When you have millions of people living with millions of cars in these very dense neighborhoods, this is becoming a new form of domestic terrorism that really has got our community in a very bad spot," West Hollywood Mayor John J. Duran told CNN Saturday.
CNN's Josh Levs contributed to this report
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