An arrest has been made in connection to the deadly Palisades fire.
Update: 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht was arrested for intentionally setting the Pacific Palisades fire.
Per ABC News:
An arrest has been made in connection with the Palisades Fire, which caused widespread destruction in Los Angeles County and killed a dozen people earlier this year, sources close to the investigation confirmed to ABC News.
Federal and local law enforcement officials are scheduled to announce a “significant development” in the criminal investigation into the fire on Wednesday.
Earlier this year in January, fires exploded in Los Angeles after LA Mayor Karen Bass cut firefighting funds.
LAX video journalist “Airline Videos” captured the moment the Pacific Palisades fire erupted.
“Uh oh! Uh oh! Uh oh! Not something we wanna see here in Southern California. A fire has now broke out. That is looking like Encino. Uh oh. Not what we wanna see here in Southern California. A fire has now broke out there in the hills. I believe that’s looking toward possibly Bel Air, Encino,” Livestreamer Kevin said Tuesday morning.
“This was the concern for many with these high winds and as dry as they are. Weather watch in full effect,” Kevin said referring to the gusty Santa Ana winds that reached over 80 miles per hour on Tuesday.
“With these high winds that fire can spread really quickly,” Kevin said as he panned over to the plume of smoke in the distance. “There are a lot of expensive homes up there in the hills.”
WATCH:
NEW: My former @FOXLA colleague Kevin captured video of the moment the #PalisadesFire first broke out on Tuesday morning. He runs @airlinevideos at LAX, where he has live cameras set up.
At 10:26 AM, as a Delta flight lands, you see the first small plume of smoke in the hills… pic.twitter.com/UwkEhwfuvJ
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 9, 2025
A few hours later the Pacific Palisades fire exploded and burned thousands of acres.
A friend who lives in Pacific Palisades sent me these horrific videos of the fire.
He just evacuated and said traffic was so bad people abandoned their cars. pic.twitter.com/mbOjz8QAf9
— Jon Michael Raasch (@JMRaasch) January 7, 2025
Thousands of homes and structures burned. More than a dozen people were killed.
The 360 degree annihilation of parts of Pacific Palisades is genuinely difficult to take in… pic.twitter.com/wzu2YDcND4
— alex thomson (@alextomo) January 9, 2025
Watch the DOJ press conference:
WATCH LIVE: DOJ holds press conference after arrest made in deadly Pacific Palisades fire https://t.co/88QlM1GRsi
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 8, 2025
The post BREAKING: Arrest Made in Connection to Deadly Palisades Fire – DOJ IDs Suspect Who Intentionally Set Fire: 29-Year-Old Jonathan Rinderknecht (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.