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Authorities have surveillance footage showing the suspected arsonist in last December’s spectacular downtown L.A. apartment complex fire parking his vehicle on the 110 Freeway and walking into the half-built structure with cans of fuel, a fire official told a community group.

Traffic flows along the 110 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles next to the remains of a portion of the Da Vinci apartment complex that was destroyed by fire in December. (Credit: Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
Traffic flows along the 110 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles next to the remains of a portion of the Da Vinci apartment complex that was destroyed by fire in December. (Credit: Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Fire Department Battalion Chief Steve Ruda last week informed members of Echo Park’s neighborhood council of new details about the fire, which caused tens of millions of dollars in damage. He said the suspect was still at large.

Officials have offered a $170,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction of the arsonist behind the blaze that consumed a seven-story building in the Da Vinci apartment complex and damaged the freeway and neighboring buildings.

Investigators believe the suspect “torched that building up from the freeway side and then escaped,” Ruda told the audience of about 20, according to a recording made by an audience member.

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