LOS ANGELES - A man narrowly escaped being shot and a dog was rescued from a burning encampment in a series of chaotic events in a Sun Valley neighborhood.

What we know:

Police and fire officials responded to the 9400 block of Tellfair Avenue in Sun Valley after 911 calls came in at 8:45 pm.

Witnesses told police that a woman doused an RV with gasoline and threw a lit accelerant underneath it, causing it to explode in flames.

The fire spread to other parts of the encampment.

LA city fire crews and officers with the Los Angeles Police Department responded and put the fire out.

During the chaos, a man told police the same woman had pointed a gun at him and fired three times, but missed him all three times.

The suspect in both the fire and the shooting had fled the scene by the time

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