Authorities said Jonathan Rinderknecht took photos on his cellphone and listened to a rap song "whose music video included things being lit on fire."

The Los Angeles Fire Department released its after-action report, detailing the challenges its personnel faced in the first 36 hours of the Palisades Fire, which included staffing shortages, water supply limitations,

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 officials arrested a man they said started a small blaze in January that later rekindled and grew into the fire that devastated Pacific Palisades.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -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 on Wednesday.

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.

The Lachman fire in the Palisades ignited days before the Palisades fire. Even then, it prompted suspicion that it led to the catastrophic Palisades fire.

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.

A Florida man has been arrested and charged in connection with the deadly Palisades Fire. “Today we are announcing the arrest of 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht on a criminal complaint charging him with maliciously starting what became the Palisades Fire in January,