Actor Brian J. White explained how training for on-screen roles helped him to detain an illegal immigrant on his neighbor's property who was allegedly threatening to use a blowtorch in LA fire zone.

"Chicago Fire" actor Brian J. White and others help detain an illegal immigrant with an alleged blowtorch close to an LA evacuation zone. (Source: Chris Sumner via Storyful)

White and two of his neighbors eventually cornered a man with a blowtorch who had earlier attempted to set White’s trash on fire, and another resident in the neighborhood’s discarded Christmas tree on fire before being chased by a neighbor, who caught up with the man outside of White’s residence.

Brian J. White, former star of the TV show "Chicago Fire," helped his neighbors stop an illegal Mexican immigrant who was holding a blowtorch and putting the neighborhood at risk.