An arrest has been made in the Palisades Fires that decimated Los Angeles and destroyed dozens of celebrity mansions in January.
Officials have not released the name of the suspect but said they will provide additional details later on Wednesday.
Attending the 9am local time news conference will be Acting United States Attorney Bill Essayli, LA Police Chief Jim McDonnell, and Special Agent in Charge Kenny Cooper of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The fire that erupted on January 7 killed 12 people and destroyed more than 6,000 homes and buildings in the Pacific Palisades, a wealthy coastal neighborhood of LA.
A-listers such as Paris Hilton, Tom Hanks and Mandy Moore lost their mansions in the fires.
Investigators still haven’t determined the cause of that blaze or the Eaton Fire, which broke out the same day in the community of Altadena and killed 18 people.
Both fires burned for days, reducing entire neighborhoods to rubble and ash.
A wildfire breaks out near Pacific Palisades on the west side of Los Angeles during a weather driven windstorm in Southern California
Firefighters run as a brush fire burns in Pacific Palisades, California
An outside review released in September found that a lack of resources and outdated policies for sending emergency alerts led to delayed evacuation warnings.
The report commissioned by Los Angeles County supervisors said a series of weaknesses, including ‘outdated policies, inconsistent practices and communications vulnerabilities,’ hampered the county’s response.
