Authorities revealed on Wednesday the moments before and after a Florida man allegedly started a brush fire that reignited to become the Palisades Fire, one of the deadliest and most destructive fires in Los Angeles County history.

Federal prosecutors charged 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht , a former Pacific Palisades resident living in Florida, with destruction of property by means of fire. Officials said he started a small fire on New Year’s Day that smoldered underground before reigniting nearly a week later and roaring through Pacific Palisades, home to many of Los Angeles’ rich and famous.

The fire that left 12 dead in the hillside neighborhoods across Pacific Palisades and Malibu was one of two blazes that broke out on Jan. 7, killing more than 30 people in all and destroying

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