"Shortly after 3:30 a.m., Los Angeles Fire Dept. officials reported they had stopped forward progress of the blaze, a federal investigation found."
"A little over an hour later, the LAFD reported that firefighters had "completed the hose line around the perimeter of the fire and it is fully contained," according to an affidavit by an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives."
"On Jan. 2, federal authorities said, "LAFD personnel returned to the scene to collect the fire hoses. It appeared to them that the fire was fully extinguished," the affidavit read."
"Intense winds on Jan. 7 - which had been predicted by the National Weather Service before that day - reignited the fire and sent it roaring into Pacific Palisades and Malibu."
The Lachman fire was reported about 12:17 a.m. on New Year’s Day on a hillside above Pacific Palisades near the Skull Rock trail. Shortly after 3:30 a.m. Los Angeles Fire Department officials reported they had stopped forward progress of the blaze. A little over an hour later the LAFD said firefighters had completed the hose line around the perimeter and the fire was fully contained, with some personnel remaining to mop up. On Jan. 2 LAFD personnel returned to collect hoses and observed the fire appeared fully extinguished. Intense winds on Jan. 7, predicted by the National Weather Service, reignited the blaze and spread it into Pacific Palisades and Malibu. Federal prosecutors said the Jan. 7 conflagration was a flare-up of the earlier arson; survivors from a burned mobile home park pursued nuisance remedies against the property owner and charges were announced against the person accused of starting the Jan. 1 fire.
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