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Today — 9 October 2025Main stream

Who is Jonathan Rinderknecht? What We Know About The Palisades Fire Arrest

9 October 2025 at 10:02
Federal officials arrested a man they said started a small blaze in January that later rekindled and grew into the fire that devastated Pacific Palisades.

© Loren Elliott for The New York Times

Firefighters sprayed water on flames burning a residential building during the Palisades fire in January.
Yesterday — 8 October 2025Main stream

Jonathan Rinderknecht Arrested in Connection With Palisades Fire in Los Angeles

9 October 2025 at 09:46
Officials said that Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, of Melbourne, Fla., had intentionally set a fire that rekindled a week later into a devastating blaze that killed 12 people.

© Philip Cheung for The New York Times

The Palisades fire in the Pacific Palisades community of Los Angeles killed 12 people and destroyed 6,837 structures.
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