Calls are mounting for investigations into failures in reignition management and other aspects of the firefighting response to the deadly 2025 Palisades Fire in California . The scrutiny comes after the arrest of a man accused of setting a smaller blaze six days earlier that authorities say sparked the larger inferno.

Jonathan Rinderknecht was arrested this week, accused of intentionally sparking one of the most destructive fires in California history. The 29-year-old Uber driver, the son of missionaries, has been accused of “maliciously” setting the fire that killed a dozen people. He was arrested Tuesday near his home in Florida on a charge of destruction of property by means of fire, Bill Essayli, acting U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, said.

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