A federal grand jury today indicted a 29-year-old former Uber driver who is charged with intentionally sparking what eventually became the Palisades Fire. The blaze, when coupled with the Eaton Fire, caused by one early estimate between $28 billion and $53.8 billion in property damage. That makes them — together or separately — likely the two most costly wildfires in U.S. history.

Jonathan Rinderknecht, a onetime Palisades resident who most recently lived in Florida, is charged in the three-count indictment with one count of destruction of property by means of fire, one count of arson affecting property used in interstate commerce, and one count of timber set afire, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

If convicted as charged, Rinderknecht would face a sentence of between five an

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