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An Uber driver is a facing a federal charge after allegedly setting a fire that turned into one of California's most destructive wildfires

Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, likely used a lighter to set fire to combustible material to start the Lachman Fire on New Year's Day 2025, authorities allege

"Although firefighters quickly suppressed the Lachman Fire, unbeknownst to anyone the fire continued to smolder and burn underground within the root structure of dense vegetation," a federal complaint states

An Uber driver is accused of setting a blaze in January that eventually turned into the Palisades Fire , one of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California history.

Jonathan Rinderknecht , 29, of Melbourne, Fla., was arrested on Tuesday, Oct. 7 and charged with d

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