Authorities said Jonathan Rinderknecht took photos on his cellphone and listened to a rap song "whose music video included things being lit on fire."

Authorities allege Jonathan Rinderknecht, who previously lived in the Pacific Palisades, was working as an Uber driver in the area on New Year’s Eve and picked up at least two rides that night before starting a fire that would become known as the Lachman Fire, according to the criminal complaint filed in California.

Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, of Melbourne, FL, is accused of setting a small fire that later rekindled into the most destructive in Los Angeles history.

Authorities have arrested a 29-year-old man for maliciously igniting a New Year’s Day fire that smoldered for days and later exploded into the deadly Palisades Fire, believed to be the costliest in California history.

The arrest comes after a nine-month investigation into the blaze, which killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of homes in the hillside community.

Additional details will be shared at a Wednesday morning press conference between the LAPD, the ATF and the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

An "agitated and angry" Uber driver has been charged with starting the most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles' history, RadarOnline. com can report.

Federal prosecutors have charged a 29-year-old Florida man with deliberately setting the blaze that became the catastrophic Palisades Fire — a disaster that leveled neighborhoods across the Pacific Palisades and Malibu, destroyed thousands of homes, and generated billions in insured losses.

Federal authorities announced that they have arrested 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht of Melbourne, Fla., and charged him with intentionally igniting what eventually became one of the most destructive wildfires in California history.