Authorities make an arrest related to deadly January wildfire that leveled LA neighborhood

LOS ANGELES AP Leadership have made an arrest in connection with the deadly January wildfire that destroyed the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades That s according to a law enforcement official not authorized to publicly discuss the event Federal bureaucrats and Los Angeles police reported earlier Wednesday that they are about to announce a vital expansion related to the criminal inspection into the fire The blaze which erupted on Jan killed people and destroyed more than homes and buildings in the Pacific Palisades a wealthy coastal neighborhood of LA Attending the a m 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 No details were provided ahead of time Investigators still haven t determined the cause of that blaze or the Eaton Fire which broke out the same day in the society of Altadena and killed people Both fires burned for days reducing entire neighborhoods to rubble and ash An outside review distributed in September identified that a lack of guidance and outdated policies for sending crisis alerts led to delayed evacuation warnings The summary commissioned by Los Angeles County supervisors disclosed a series of weaknesses including outdated policies inconsistent practices and communications vulnerabilities hampered the county s response