Amanda Bynes forced to undergo mental health evaluation after allegedly starting small fire on stranger's driveway

Amanda Bynes was forced to undergo a mental evaluation on Monday

night, after the troubled starlet caused a commotion in a California

residential neighborhood.

Ventura County fire officials responded to a phone call at 8:38pm,

about a disturbance in a Thousand Oaks, Calif., neighborhood involving

Bynes, 27, who authorities believe started a small fire at a

stranger's residence.

"The fire was in a driveway of a single family dwelling," Ventura

County fire captain Scott Dettorre told the Daily News. "There wasn't

anything in the report to indicate it was a large fire."

"We did respond with an engine company," he said, adding that Bynes

was then taken into the care and custody of the Ventura County

Sheriff's Department, after it was determined that the onetime actress

didn't have any relationship to the homeowner

"[Bynes] met the criteria of 5150 (California Welfare & Institutions

Code)," Cpt. Don Aguilar told the News."She was detained and taken for

a mental health evaluation."

There were no injuries reported in relation to the fire incident, police said.

Bynes was also accused of trespassing at a nearby retirement

community, TMZ reported.

The embattled "Easy A" actress was stopped by management at the

facility and reportedly became argumentative when she was denied

access.

The former child star was accused of being drunk, and refused to leave

when a cab was called for her convenience - saying she had no money.

Bynes may have been trying to visit a relative at the retirement

community - the cab driver told the gossip site.

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