Full Coverage: Fire in downtown L.A.

A man charged with setting a roaring blaze at the partially built Da Vinci apartment complex in Los Angeles that caused millions of dollars in damage, melted freeway signs and shrouded downtown in smoke was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison, prosecutors said.

The man charged with burning down the Da Vinci apartment complex and causing $100 million in damages, bragged about the fire at a hotel party a week later and was angry at high-profile police killings of African Americans, a witness testified Tuesday.

A judge on Wednesday ordered a man charged with starting a massive downtown Los Angeles fire that destroyed the Da Vinci apartment complex and caused $100 million in damages to stand trial on arson charges in connection with the 2014 blaze.

The Los Angeles city attorney has filed a $20-million lawsuit against the developer of the downtown Da Vinci Apartments project, claiming its negligence was responsible for the damage caused by a massive 2014 fire at the project construction site.

The man accused of starting a fire that razed the construction site for the Da Vinci apartments, the size of a city block downtown, will remain jailed on $1-million bail, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday.

A 56-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson in connection with a fire that destroyed a downtown Los Angeles apartment complex last year, causing tens of millions of dollars in damage to the unfinished structure and a nearby city-owned building, authorities said Wednesday.

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.

The reward offer jumped to $170,000 for an arrest and conviction in last month’s massive fire at a downtown Los Angeles construction site as investigators revealed an accelerant was used to start the blaze.

Los Angeles city officials are weighing whether to offer a $75,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people who started a destructive fire that consumed an apartment complex under construction in downtown Los Angeles last month.

Federal investigators have concluded the fire last week that consumed a downtown Los Angeles apartment complex under construction was deliberately set, according to a source close to the investigation.

Authorities investigating a massive blaze that consumed a downtown Los Angeles apartment building under construction last week are seeking a man captured on surveillance video near the scene around the time the fire started.

Even before half of it was destroyed in a massive blaze that lit up downtown, the Da Vinci apartment project was a subject of amazement for those who saw it.

The 911 call came at 1:09 a.m. from a passerby: A downtown building was on fire.

More than 20 members of a federal team that handles arson investigations will “spare no expense” in rooting out the cause of Monday’s massive fire in downtown Los Angeles, an ATF official said.

The massive fire that consumed a downtown Los Angeles development under construction came at the most vulnerable moment.

A federal team is set to undertake the investigation into the massive fire in downtown Los Angeles that caused millions of dollars in damage and shut down the 110 Freeway for several hours Monday.

The fire engulfed a towering residential project, raining ash on much of downtown Los Angeles and lighting the predawn sky a smoky orange.

Before rows of trendy restaurants and luxury residential towers became common in downtown Los Angeles, developer Geoffrey H.

The fire that ripped through an apartment complex in downtown Los Angeles early Monday was so big and so hot that it caused a ring of collateral damage.

For some, this year’s holiday tale could be “How the fire stole Christmas.”

Los Angeles fire officials said they are “inclined” to believe a fire that engulfed a massive residential development project downtown was intentionally set.

The monster fire that consumed one of two buildings of an upscale downtown L.A. apartment development did at least $1.5 million in damage to the adjacent 110 Freeway, a Caltrans official said Monday.

No air quality advisories have been issued in downtown Los Angeles after Monday morning’s massive fire, but some area employers were handing out masks to make breathing more comfortable for workers.

The developer of an upscale apartment project in downtown Los Angeles that saw one of two buildings go up in flames during a massive blaze said the Da Vinci development would move forward despite the destruction.

The huge L.A. fire that engulfed an apartment tower over an area the size of a city block is being treated as a criminal fire.

The 110 Freeway northbound has been partially reopened after a massive fire early Monday morning.

Daniel Reese was sleeping when he heard police sirens just after 3 a.m.

Maria Joya lives beneath a vine-covered freeway overpass in downtown Los Angeles.

More than 100 firefighters were battling two other blazes in the city Monday morning while a massive fire in downtown Los Angeles engulfed an apartment tower that was under construction.

Q: What do we know about the scene of the fire, the Da Vinci apartment complex?