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A 29-year-old man was arrested in Brevard County in connection with one of the most destructive wildfires in U.S. history.

Jonathan Rinderknecht is charged with starting the Lachman Fire, which authorities say later reignited as the devastating Palisades Fire.

The Palisades Fire resulted in 12 deaths, destroyed nearly 7,000 structures, and caused billions of dollars in damages.

Southern California is some 2,600 miles from Brevard County. But when federal officials charged a 29-year-old man with starting one of the most destructive wildfires in U.S. history, they arrested him on the Space Coast, not in California.

Jonathan Rinderknecht, who worked as an Uber driver at the time and once lived in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, was charged with destruction of prop

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