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Palisades Fire arrest: Man arrested in Florida, charged with starting deadly LA wildfire

Headline from Fox7 Austin, from the development of Oct 8, 2025

Newest development Oct 9, 2025 · 3 reportsFlorida man charged with sparking most destructive wildfire in LA history to stay jailed

A Florida man has been arrested, accused of starting what became the deadly and destructive "Palisades Fire" on Jan. 1, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. The Palisades Fire killed 12 people, burned more than 23,000 acres, and destroyed more than 6,000 structures.

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    Palisades Fire arrest: Man arrested in Florida, charged with starting deadly LA wildfire

    Headline from Fox7 Austin ·

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    Florida man charged with sparking most destructive wildfire in LA history to stay jailed

    Headline from NBC 6 South Florida ·

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  1. Fox7 Austin

    Palisades Fire arrest: Man arrested in Florida, charged with starting deadly LA wildfire (opens Fox7 Austin)

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    Fox7 Austin's feed description

    A Florida man has been arrested, accused of starting what became the deadly and destructive "Palisades Fire" on Jan. 1, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. The Palisades Fire killed 12 people, burned more than 23,000 acres, and destroyed more than 6,000 structures.

  2. Breitbart News

    Man Arrested in Connection with Start of Deadly Pacific Palisades Fire (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    A man was arrested Tuesday as a suspect in setting the deadly Pacific Palisades fire in Los Angeles that claimed 12 lives and destroyed more than 6,000 homes in January.

  3. WOGX Ocala

    Palisades Fire arrest: Florida man arrested, charged with starting deadly LA wildfire (opens WOGX Ocala)

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    WOGX Ocala's feed description

    A Florida man has been arrested, accused of starting what became the deadly and destructive "Palisades Fire" on Jan. 1, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. The Palisades Fire killed 12 people, burned more than 23,000 acres, and destroyed more than 6,000 structures.

  4. KVIA El Paso

    Arson suspect charged in connection with deadly Palisades Fire (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    By Josh Campbell, Veronica Miracle, Andi Babineau, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Nine months after a raging inferno decimated the Los Angeles area, claiming the lives of a dozen people and burning down thousands of homes and businesses, officials have arrested a suspect in Florida on suspicion of arson.

  5. FOX 35 Orlando

    Palisades Fire live updates: Man arrested in Orlando, accused of starting deadly LA wildfire (opens FOX 35 Orlando)

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    FOX 35 Orlando's feed description

    A Florida man has been arrested, accused of starting what became the deadly and destructive "Palisades Fire" in Los Angeles, California.

  6. New York Post

    Suspect in deadly Los Angeles Palisades Fire arrested, law enforcement sources say (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    A suspect tied to the deadly Palisades Fire — the most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history — has been arrested, according to multiple reports.

  7. ABC 13 Houston

    Florida man charged with 'maliciously' starting what turned into deadly Palisades Fire (opens ABC 13 Houston)

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    ABC 13 Houston's feed description

    An arrest has been made in connection with the Palisades Fire, which caused widespread destruction in Los Angeles County and killed a dozen people.

  8. Townhall

    Man Arrested for Deadly Palisades Fire That Killed 12, Caused $150 Billion in Damages (opens Townhall)

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    Townhall's feed description

    A Florida man arrested for arson in the deadly Pacific Palisades Fire that killed 12 and caused $150 billion in damages.

  9. The Hill

    Man arrested in connection with deadly Los Angeles wildfire (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    The Department of Justice unveiled Wednesday that a Florida man previously working as an Uber driver was arrested in connection with the deadly Palisades Fire that struck Los Angeles in January. Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, of Melbourne, Fla.

  10. Rolling Stone

    Florida Man Charged With Setting Devastating Pacific Palisades Fire (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, was arrested and charged with intentionally setting the fire that became the deadly and destructive Pacific Palisades fire.

  11. Legal Insurrection

    Authorities Arrest Man for Allegedly Starting LA's Pacific Palisades Fire (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    Rinderknecht allegedly started the fire on January 1. It exploded on January 7 and ripped through the prestigious neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, killing 12 people.

  12. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Florida man arrested in deadly California Palisades Fire | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description

    WASHINGTON >> A Florida man has been arrested on charges that he intentionally ignited the Pacific Palisades Fire in Los Angeles that killed 12 people, a law enforcement official familiar with the case said today.

  13. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Arson suspect charged in connection with deadly Palisades Fire | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    By Josh Campbell, Veronica Miracle, Andi Babineau, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — A 29-year-old Florida man is under arrest on suspicion of arson in

  14. Times Of San Diego

    Florida man arrested in deadly Palisades wildfire in L.A. (opens Times Of San Diego)

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    Times Of San Diego's feed description

    Authorities charged a 29-year-old man with starting a fire that days later erupted into the most destructive blaze in Los Angeles history.

  15. The Santa Barbara Independent

    Florida Man Arrested on Federal Criminal Complaint Alleging He Maliciously Started What Became the Palisades Fire (opens The Santa Barbara Independent)

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    The Santa Barbara Independent's feed description

    LOS ANGELES – A former Pacific Palisades resident now living in Florida has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with

  16. Latin Times

    Florida Man Arrested in Connection with Devastating Pacific Palisades Fire That Killed 12 in Los Angeles (opens Latin Times)

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    Latin Times's feed description

    A Florida man has been arrested in connection with the deadly Pacific Palisades wildfire that tore through Los Angeles earlier this year, killing 12 people and destroying thousands of homes

  17. NBC 6 South Florida

    Florida man charged with sparking most destructive wildfire in LA history to stay jailed (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    NBC 6 South Florida's feed description

    A federal magistrate has ordered a man charged in California’s deadly Palisades Fire to remain jailed. A prosecutor said Jonathan Rinderknecht had traits of...

  18. NBC News

    Man charged with sparking the most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history will remain jailed (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida ordered the man charged in California’s deadly Palisades Fire to remain jailed Thursday after a prosecutor said he had traits of an arsonist and his family had worried about his declining mental state

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