Authorities Wednesday announced a 29-year-old man has been charged with sparking the deadly #PalisadesFire, alleging the suspect started a small fire on New Year's Day that smoldered underground before reigniting nearly a week later into the devastating blaze. Now a troubling question remains: Why was the Jan. 1 blaze, named #LachmanFire, allowed to smolder?
Why was the blaze that turned into the deadly Palisades Fire allowed to smolder?

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