<p>Troubled actress Amanda Bynes has been put on 72 hours of involuntary psychiatric hold after starting a small fire outside a house.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Fire department was called after Bynes, 27, sparked the fire in the driveway area of a house, whose members are not connected to the actress, the Hollywood Reporter said quoting Sergeant Eric Buschow of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department.<br /><br />Deputies spoke with Bynes and determined that she met "the criteria of a 5150," Buschow said.<br /><br />The California Welfare and Institutions Code can put a person under 72-hour involuntary psychiatric hold after they "make statements that they're either a danger to themselves or others, or gravely disabled."<br /><br />It was not a deliberate attempt to start the fire and there was no damage to the home, he said.<br /><br />According to an eye witnesses, the former child star had her pants on fire and a gas can trailing fire through a driveway near her family home.<br /><br />She put the fire out from her pants and rushed to her dog before hailing a cab and speeding away, the eye witness said.<br /><br />Bynes has gained notoriety for her frequent run-ins with law due to her erratic behaviour. She is often seen picking up fights on Twitter or updating about her plastic surgeries on the social networking site.</p>
<p>Troubled actress Amanda Bynes has been put on 72 hours of involuntary psychiatric hold after starting a small fire outside a house.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Fire department was called after Bynes, 27, sparked the fire in the driveway area of a house, whose members are not connected to the actress, the Hollywood Reporter said quoting Sergeant Eric Buschow of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department.<br /><br />Deputies spoke with Bynes and determined that she met "the criteria of a 5150," Buschow said.<br /><br />The California Welfare and Institutions Code can put a person under 72-hour involuntary psychiatric hold after they "make statements that they're either a danger to themselves or others, or gravely disabled."<br /><br />It was not a deliberate attempt to start the fire and there was no damage to the home, he said.<br /><br />According to an eye witnesses, the former child star had her pants on fire and a gas can trailing fire through a driveway near her family home.<br /><br />She put the fire out from her pants and rushed to her dog before hailing a cab and speeding away, the eye witness said.<br /><br />Bynes has gained notoriety for her frequent run-ins with law due to her erratic behaviour. She is often seen picking up fights on Twitter or updating about her plastic surgeries on the social networking site.</p>