arsonist

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The revelations — unveiled in a criminal complaint and attached affidavit Wednesday charging the alleged arsonist, Jonathan Rinderknecht — raise questions about what the Los Angeles Fire Department could have done to prevent the conflagration.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

The one damaged by an arsonist in the fall of 2024 shortly after a multimillion-dollar refurbishment?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

Indeed, Mark Zuckerberg offering Instagram-specific screen-time reports and time limits has the whiff of an arsonist handing out firefighting tips.

From Slate • Sep. 5, 2025

He became the arsonist who laid claim to being the heroic firefighter.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2025

On February 27, 1933, one month after Hitler’s appointment, a known Communist and arsonist set fire to the Reichstag, the parliamentary building.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti