where did the palisades fire start

The Palisades Fire started near the Temescal Ridge Trail, specifically close to the Skull Rock Trailhead in the Santa Monica Mountains above Pacific Palisades. The origin was near a popular hiking trail area where a previous small fire, the Lachman Fire, had burned just six days earlier on January 1, 2025. Investigations and satellite imagery show the fire breaking out near the burn scar from the earlier fire, with authorities marking this area as the ignition site. The fire was allegedly started intentionally by a man identified as Jonathan Rinderknecht, who reportedly ignited the fire on January 1, which was later believed to have rekindled amid strong winds on January 7, 2025, causing the widespread devastation.