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Anfang Januar 2025 bricht in Los Angeles ein Brand aus, der als einer der verheerendsten in die Geschichte des US-Staats Kalifornien eingehen wird.Bild 1 von 76 | Foto: Apu Gomes/Getty Images via AFP
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Tagelang sind Feuerwehrkräfte beim sogenannten Palisades-Feuer gefordert. Die Ausbreitung der tödlichen Flammen können sie erst nach Regenfällen eindämmen.Bild 2 von 76 | Foto: Apu Gomes/Getty Images via AFP
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Anwohner versuchen verzweifelt, ihr Hab und Gut zu retten. Doch es hilft nichts.Bild 3 von 76 | Foto: David Swanson/AFP
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6800 Häuser werden zerstört. Weitere gut 10.000 Häuser fallen anderen Bränden zum Opfer, die gleichzeitig in der Region wüten.Bild 4 von 76 | Foto: Eric Thayer/Getty Images via AFP
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Insgesamt werden mehr als 235.000 Menschen evakuiert.Bild 5 von 76 | Foto: Apu Gomes/Getty Images via AFP
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In den Flammen des Palisades-Feuers, benannt nach dem Stadtteil Pacific Palisades, sterben ein Dutzend Menschen. 18 weitere verlieren ihr Leben bei den angrenzenden Bränden.Bild 6 von 76 | Foto: Eric Thayer/Getty Images via AFP
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Einige Zeit tappen Ermittler im Dunkeln, was zu der brutalen Feuersbrunst geführt hat.Bild 7 von 76 | Foto: Eric Thayer/Getty Images via AFP
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Inzwischen sind sie überzeugt: Jonathan R. zündelte in der Silvesternacht 2024/2025 in einem Waldabschnitt.Bild 8 von 76 | Foto: Agustin Paullier/AFP
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Der 29-Jährige soll ein Feuerwerk in dem unwegsamen Wald gestartet haben, glaubt die Staatsanwaltschaft.Bild 9 von 76 | Foto: Apu Gomes/Getty Images via AFP
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Dabei brach der als Lochmann-Feuer bekannte erste Waldbrand aus. Die Feuerwehr löschte die Flammen schnell.Bild 10 von 76 | Foto: Eric Thayer/Getty Images via AFP
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Aber im Unterholz loderte es weiter, ergaben die Ermittlungen.Bild 11 von 76 | Foto: Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
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Wenige Tage später brannte das Nobelviertel von Los Angeles weitgehend nieder.Bild 12 von 76 | Foto: Robyn Beck/AFP
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Die Feuerwehrleute konnten oft nur zusehen.Bild 13 von 76 | Foto: Jon Putman/SOPA Images/IMAGO
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Die Santa-Ana-Winde trieben die Funken viel zu schnell weiter.Bild 14 von 76 | Foto: Atlas Photo Archive/Cal Fire/Avalon/IMAGO
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Ganze Straßenzüge wurden zerstört.Bild 15 von 76 | Foto: Josh Edelson/AFP
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Eine Ruine grenzte an eine andere.Bild 16 von 76 | Foto: Agustin Paullier/AFP
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Selbst aus dem All war die Katastrophe deutlich zu sehen.Bild 17 von 76 | Foto: Planet Labs PBC/AFP
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Jonathan R. sieht die Schuld nur bedingt bei sich.Bild 18 von 76 | Foto: Eric Thayer/Getty Images via AFP
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Sein Mandant werde zum Sündenbock für das Versagen der Feuerwehr gemacht, sagt R.s Anwalt Steve Haney.Bild 19 von 76 | Foto: Apu Gomes/Getty Images via AFP
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Denn die Brandbekämpfer hätten das erste Feuer nicht richtig gelöscht.Bild 20 von 76 | Foto: Eric Thayer/Getty Images via AFP
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Haney spricht von einem "Versagen mehrerer Behörden", das schließlich zum Palisades-Feuer geführt habe.Bild 21 von 76 | Foto: Apu Gomes/Getty Images via AFP
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Jetzt befasst sich ein Geschworenengericht mit dem Fall.Bild 22 von 76 | Foto: David Swanson/AFP
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Jonathan R. wird Brandstiftung vorgeworfen.Bild 23 von 76 | Foto: David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images
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Der Prozess wird sich aller Voraussicht nach in die Länge ziehen, da viele Beweise gesichtet und Zeugen angehört werden.Bild 24 von 76 | Foto: Frederic J. Brown/AFP
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Diese sagen zum Beispiel, dass der mutmaßliche Täter in der Silvesternacht als Uber-Fahrer aktiv gewesen sei.Bild 25 von 76 | Foto: Ethan Swope/AP Photo
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Zwei Fahrgäste beschrieben seinen Fahrstil als "wütend, aufgebracht und rücksichtslos".Bild 26 von 76 | Foto: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images
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Der Verdächtige habe darüber geschimpft, "dass er auf die Welt sauer" sei.Bild 27 von 76 | Foto: Mike Blake/REUTERS
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In einem Verhör bei der Polizei belastete sich Jonathan R. zudem selbst.Bild 28 von 76 | Foto: Atlas Photo Archive/Cal Fire/Avalon/Photoshot/picture alliance
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Er sagte aus, ein möglicher Brandstifter könnte von einem Groll gegen Wohlhabende motiviert gewesen sein, ...Bild 29 von 76 | Foto: Etienne Laurent/AP Photo
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... da "wir im Grunde von ihnen versklavt werden".Bild 30 von 76 | Foto: Apu Gomes/Getty Images via AFP
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Kurz vor der verhängnisvollen Silvesternacht habe R. "lasst uns alle Milliardäre stürzen" gegoogelt, heißt es in Gerichtsunterlagen.Bild 31 von 76 | Foto: Amy Katz/ZUMA Press Wire/IMAGO
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Anwalt Haney sieht in den Aussagen allerdings keine Beweise.Bild 32 von 76 | Foto: Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
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"Es gibt keinerlei Beweise dafür, dass er dieses Feuer gelegt hat, ...Bild 33 von 76 | Foto: Etienne Laurent/AP Photo
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... ganz zu schweigen von dem Wiederaufflammen des Feuers in Palisades", sagt der Verteidiger in einem Interview.Bild 34 von 76 | Foto: Ali Matin/Middle East Images/IMAGO
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Er habe 31 Zeugen ausfindig gemacht, darunter auch Feuerwehrleute, die bestätigen könnten, ...Bild 35 von 76 | Foto: Mario Tama/Getty Images via AFP
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... zum Zeitpunkt des Ausbruchs des Feuers verschiedene Feuerwerkskörper gehört zu haben, die den Brand verursacht haben könnten.Bild 36 von 76 | Foto: Mario Tama/Getty Images via AFP
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Haney kämpft bis zuletzt dafür, dass bestimmte Beweise vor Gericht nicht zugelassen werden, ...Bild 37 von 76 | Foto: Ethan Swope/AP Photo
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... weil sie "ohne absolut hinreichenden Tatverdacht" beschlagnahmt worden seien.Bild 38 von 76 | Foto: Ethan Swope/AP Photo
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Seit vergangenem Herbst sitzt Jonathan R. in Untersuchungshaft in einer Bundeshaftanstalt.Bild 39 von 76 | Foto: Mario Tama/Getty Images via AFP
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Er sei "sehr frustriert", ...Bild 40 von 76 | Foto: Jae C. Hong/AP Photo
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... da er "stets mit den Behörden kooperiert" habe und dennoch nicht gegen Kaution freikomme.Bild 41 von 76 | Foto: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images via AFP
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Jonathan R. verständigte sogar selbst die Feuerwehr, als sein ursprünglicher Brand ausbrach. Das bestätigen die Behörden.Bild 42 von 76 | Foto: Caylo Seals/Sipa USA/action press
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Doch die sagen auch: Der Notruf kam zu spät.Bild 43 von 76 | Foto: Michael Ho Wai Lee/ZUMA Press Wire/IMAGO
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Anwohner meldeten das Feuer schon früher.Bild 44 von 76 | Foto: Sahab Zaribaf/Middle East Images/IMAGO
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Zudem schlich sich der Brandstifter wieder auf den bewaldeten Hügel, ...Bild 45 von 76 | Foto: Mark Edward Harris/ZUMA Press Wire/picture alliance
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... um die Einsatzkräfte bei ihrem Kampf gegen die Flammen zu filmen.Bild 46 von 76 | Foto: Daniel A. Anderson/ZUMA Press/IMAGO
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Das Ende ist bekannt: ...Bild 47 von 76 | Foto: Mario Tama/Getty Images via AFP
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95 Quadratkilometer brannten zwischen dem 7. Januar ...Bild 48 von 76 | Foto: Jae C. Hong/AP Photo
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... und 31. Januar in Pacific Palisades ab.Bild 49 von 76 | Foto: Mark J. Terrill/AP Photo
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Fast der ganze Stadtteil lag in Schutt und Asche.Bild 50 von 76 | Foto: Tayfun Coşkun/Anadolu Agency/IMAGO
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Nur vereinzelt hielten feuerfeste Häuser den Flammen stand.Bild 51 von 76 | Foto: AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
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Die Stadt geht von einem Sachschaden in Höhe von 25 Milliarden Dollar aus.Bild 52 von 76 | Foto: Daniel Ecoff/ZUMA Press Wire/IMAGO
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Die Bank J.P. Morgan rechnet mit einem doppelt so hohen Schaden.Bild 53 von 76 | Foto: AJ Johnson/ZUMA Press/IMAGO
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Der ökonomische Schaden betrage laut Schätzung von AccuWeather sogar bis zu 275 Milliarden Dollar.Bild 54 von 76 | Foto: Zoë Meyers/AFP
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In Los Angeles herrschte tagelang Ausnahmezustand.Bild 55 von 76 | Foto: Eric Thayer/Getty Images via AFP
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Touristen brachen reihenweise ihre Reise ab, Unternehmen im Brandgebiet wurden lahmgelegt.Bild 56 von 76 | Foto: Etienne Laurent/AP Photo
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Unzählige Menschen verloren alles.Bild 57 von 76 | Foto: Jon Putman/SOPA Images/IMAGO
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Darunter auch zahlreiche Promis: Paris Hilton, Anthony Hopkins, ...Bild 58 von 76 | Foto: Jonathan Alcorn/ZUMA Press Wire/IMAGO
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Adam Brody oder auch Mel Gibson wohnten in dem Luxusviertel der Millionenmetropole.Bild 59 von 76 | Foto: Amy Katz/ZUMA Press Wire/IMAGO
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Das Feuer unterschied nicht zwischen Arm oder Reich.Bild 60 von 76 | Foto: Michael Ho Wai Lee/ZUMA Press Wire/IMAGO
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Villen fielen den Flammen gleichermaßen zum Opfer wie Sozialbauten.Bild 61 von 76 | Foto: Josh Edelson/AFP
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Unermüdlich kämpften die kalifornischen Feuerwehrleute um die Gebäude.Bild 62 von 76 | Foto: Jonathan Alcorn/ZUMA Press Wire/IMAGO
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Selbst die Armee war im Einsatz.Bild 63 von 76 | Foto: Amy Katz/ZUMA Press Wire/IMAGO
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Doch es half alles nichts.Bild 64 von 76 | Foto: Mario Tama/Getty Images via AFP
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Das Inferno dehnte sich schneller aus, als die Rettungskräfte vorrücken konnten.Bild 65 von 76 | Foto: Mario Tama/Getty Images via AFP
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Ende Januar sorgte schließlich lang ersehnter Regen ...Bild 66 von 76 | Foto: VCG/IMAGO
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... für Erholung im Kampf gegen die Flammen.Bild 67 von 76 | Foto: Tayfun Coşkun/Anadolu Agency/IMAGO
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Doch als der Brand bekämpft war, ...Bild 68 von 76 | Foto: Mario Tama/Getty Images via AFP
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... zeigte sich das wahre Ausmaß dieser Katastrophe.Bild 69 von 76 | Foto: Jon Putman/SOPA Images/IMAGO
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Von den Bergen ...Bild 70 von 76 | Foto: Jonathan Alcorn/ZUMA Press Wire/IMAGO
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... bis ans Meer brannte so gut wie alles nieder.Bild 71 von 76 | Foto: Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images
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Wenn man Glück hatte, blieben die Grundmauern der Gebäude stehen.Bild 72 von 76 | Foto: David Pashaee/Middle East Images/IMAGO
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Oftmals war das jedoch nicht der Fall.Bild 73 von 76 | Foto: Sahab Zaribaf/Middle East Images/IMAGO
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In der Folge entstand neues Bauland.Bild 74 von 76 | Foto: Kirby Lee/Getty Images
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Und inzwischen gehen die Arbeiten zum Wiederaufbau von Pacific Palisades voran.Bild 75 von 76 | Foto: Jae C. Hong/AP Photo
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Wann das Viertel wieder in seiner ganzen Pracht steht, ist aber bislang noch unklar.Bild 76 von 76 | Foto: AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

Prozess zum Brand in Pacific PalisadesFackelte Jonathan R. das Nobelviertel von L.A. ab?

08.06.2026, 14:11 Uhr

Bei einem Inferno in der Millionenmetropole Los Angeles sterben Anfang 2025 zwölf Menschen und Tausende werden obdachlos. Inzwischen steht fest: Das Feuer ist keine Naturkatastrophe, sondern menschengemacht. Der Verdächtige muss sich ab sofort vor Gericht verantworten.