LOS ANGELES (NewsNation) — Newly obtained video is challenging the official account of how the Pacific Palisades fire started, revealing the deadly blaze that killed 12 people and destroyed more than 6,800 structures may have been smoldering undetected for days despite 911 calls from concerned hikers.

Video taken Jan. 2 at 11:30 a.m. shows smoke rising from smoldering brush in the Pacific Palisades, five days before the fire reignited Jan. 7 to become one of the most destructive wildfires in American history.

The footage contradicts federal claims that after an initial fire was declared fully extinguished on New Year's Day, embers continued to burn undetected beneath dense vegetation.

ATF complaint: Palisades Fire started on state land; metadata from ‘smolder’ video corroborates

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