The fire, along with the Eaton Fire, erupted on Jan. 7 and burned for weeks. The two fires combined claimed at least 31 lives.

The fire in Los Angeles is believed to have been tied to an earlier fireworks-sparked blaze on New Year’s Day. Federal officials are expected to announce details of the arrest at a news conference.

The challenges that firefighters faced during the Palisades fire included an ineffective process for recalling firefighters who were off-duty and fire chiefs with little to no experience handling a major incident.

Federal authorities unsealed charging documents that allege that Jonathan Rinderknecht started a fire that would become the fatal Palisades Fire.

A 29-year-old man has been charged with sparking California’s deadly Palisades Fire, one of the most destructive wildfires in its history, authorities said Wednesday. Federal officials said Jonathan Rinderknecht,

A mix of rage, closure and questions was evident in the Palisades on Wednesday, after the arrest of a suspect on suspicion of starting a blaze that prosecutors say led to the Palisades fire.

An after-action report on the Palisades Fire was released Wednesday by the Los Angeles Fire Department nine months after the start of the ninth-deadliest wildfire on record in California. The report detailing the fire,

Authorities arrested a suspect in connection with the devastating January wildfire that tore through Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighborhood.