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Federal officials arrest man in connection with January's Palisades Fire

By Steve Futterman
Published October 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM EDT

Today, federal and local law enforcement officials announced that they arrested a man for igniting the Palisades fire. It killed a dozen people and destroyed thousands of structures in January.

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