Aug 10, 2023 · Deadly wildfires fueled by hot, dry, and windy weather conditions devastated parts of the Hawaiian island of Maui in early August 2023, killing at least 53 people, as of this writing, and causing...

Jan 8, 2025 · When wildfires burn, they don’t leave a uniform pattern of total devastation, wildfire science experts told PolitiFact. As fires tore through Southern California’s neighborhoods, a Threads...

Aug 21, 2023 · At least three viral images that appear to show laser beams have spread across social media as purported evidence of the origins of the Maui fires. Wildfires swept through western Maui, an island in Hawaii, on Aug. 8 and 9, destroying the historic town of Lahaina and devastating many other communities on the island.

Oct 19, 2020 · In the late summer and fall of 2020, a conspiracy theory spread on social media claiming that the catastrophic wildfires that raged on the West Coast were started by advanced laser weaponry.

Aug 25, 2023 · USA TODAY has already debunked several baseless claims about the Maui fires, including that they were intentionally set in a "land grab," that an image proves an energy weapon beam caused them...

Aug 31, 2023 · Social media users are claiming blue objects that survived the August 2023 wildfires in the US state of Hawaii prove lasers ignited the flames. This is false; the blazes did not spare structures...

Aug 15, 2023 · THE FACTS: In the aftermath of the deadly Maui wildfires, social media users have shared altered and miscaptioned images, falsely claiming they prove a baseless conspiracy theory that the fires were started by a directed-energy weapon.

Aug 14, 2023 · THE FACTS: Social media users are claiming a video shows a laser beam from a so-called directed energy weapon shooting down from space and igniting the deadly fires on the island of Maui this month.

Aug 14, 2023 · False claims about the deadly wildfires in Hawaii - including that shadowy forces orchestrated the disaster with a laser beam - have gained traction online.

Aug 14, 2023 · Investigators have not identified a certain cause of the fires yet, but dry vegetation and high winds are being looked at as factors. The post is attempting to put forth a cause for the wildfires...