Jonathan Rinderknecht Arrested in Connection With Palisades Fire in Los Angeles NYT | Top Stories Shawn Hubler and Jill Cowan 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 TimesThe Palisades fire in the Pacific Palisades community of Los Angeles killed 12 people and destroyed 6,837 structures.