Amanda Bynes Almost Sets Dog on Fire, 'Doing Well' in Psychiatric Evaluation Hold [VIDEOS]: Drake/Twitter Enthusiast Douses Pet with Gasoline

By Jon Niles, Mstarz reporter | Jul 24, 2013 10:47 AM EDT

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Former "All That" actress and recent Twitter meltdown subject Amanda Bynes has been placed on a 5150 psychiatric hold after setting fire to a stranger's driveway earlier this week. 5150 is a California welfare code used "when any person, as a result of mental disorder, is a danger to others, or to himself or herself, or gravely disabled." The 27-year-old aspiring musician also reportedly doused her pet Pomeranian with gasoline in the process, thus putting the little pup's life in danger, according to TMZ.

Apparently, Bynes rushed her gasoline-soaked pet to a nearby liquor store and proceeded to rinse the little dog off in a sink in the back of the store. The cashier of the establishment confronted to the wig-wearing starlet, which ended with her "freaking out" and leaving the liquor store.

Check out the bizarre footage right here:

Luckily it seems that the dog was not near the flames when Amanda's random "campfire" got out of hand. According to eyewitness Andrew Liverpool, Bynes herself almost set herself on fire, too.

"I kicked the gas can over and moved it to the middle of the driveway so nothing else would catch on fire," he recalled. "And I said, 'Are you OK?' She was kind of frantic and discombobulated, and many people rushed over to try to assess the situation and when I looked back up, she was gone."

Click HERE to read more about Liverpool's account of the night as well as a video of him talking about the incident.

Now that Amanda is being held for a psychiatric evaluation, how do you think she is doing?

"Amanda seems to be doing well," a source recently revealed about Amanda's hospital stay. "The thing with Amanda is that it isn't as bizarre as it seems. She knows when to pull it together and act normal."

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