"Rinderknecht, who reportedly lived in the L.A. area before moving to Florida this year, allegedly dropped off a passenger in the Pacific Palisades near where a fire was later discovered to have started just after midnight on Jan. 1. The 29-year-old purportedly walked up a hiking trail, took videos on his phone and listened to a rap song, Un Zder, Un The by French artist Josman, with a music video showing objects being lit on fire, Bill Essayli, the U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles, said, according to Bloomberg and ABC News."
"The fire continued to smolder and burn underground within the root structure of the dense vegetation, Essayli said. So that fire started on Jan. 1, and it smoldered underground for about a week until on Jan. 7. Heavy winds caused this underground fire to surface and spread above ground, causing what became known as the Palisades Fire, one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles city history."
"Environmental sensors detected the beginnings of a fire in the early morning hours of Jan. 1, and Rinderknecht himself called 911 to report the fire. He allegedly fled the scene but returned after seeing fire trucks driving back up to where it started."
"When federal authorities seized Rinderknecht's digital devices, they found an AI-generated image from Chat GPT depicting a burning city."
Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, has been arrested and charged with federal arson for allegedly starting the blaze that became the Palisades Fire. Investigators allege he dropped off a passenger near Pacific Palisades just after midnight on Jan. 1, walked up a hiking trail, recorded videos and listened to a rap song whose video shows objects burning. Environmental sensors detected the fire early that morning; Rinderknecht called 911, then allegedly fled and later returned. The fire smoldered underground in root structures for about a week before heavy winds on Jan. 7 caused it to surface and spread widely. Federal agents recovered an AI-generated image of a burning city from his devices.
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