CLAIM: Erik Hooks, the deputy director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has been arrested in connection with the agency’s response to the Maui wildfires.
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Full Fact→ Windowless cars in Maui aftermath pictures don’t mean fires were caused by weapon
People online have also claimed the fires weren’t hot enough to melt glass. Some fires are hot enough to do that, but often the glass shatters from heat.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Fabricated story fantasizes about Maui gunfight between U.S. Marine Corps and FEMA agents
“Marines neutralize fleeing FEMA convoy in Maui.”
Logically→ Nej, denne video viser ikke et angreb med energivåben på Maui
Washington Post→ Manipulated video portrays a ‘sleepy’ Biden at Maui wildfire event
The actual video shows President Biden didn’t fall asleep,.
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – It’s not a cover-up: Maui arrests made after people allegedly trespassed in disaster area
Maui, Hawaii, police chief arrests “witnesses” in part of wildfire cover-up.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Video doesn’t show President Joe Biden dozing during event with Maui, Hawaii, wildfire survivors
A video showed President Joe Biden falling asleep during an event with the Maui, Hawaii, wildfire survivors and families.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, the World Economic Forum did not say the Maui wildfires were orchestrated
“WEF admits Maui wildfires orchestrated to transform Hawaii into 15-minute cities.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hurricane Dora DID Affect Winds During Maui Wildfires, Even Though It Was Hundreds Of Miles Away
Was Hurricane Dora, which passed nearly 500 miles south of Hawaii, too far away to fan the deadly wildfires that killed scores of people on Maui in early August 2023? No, that's not true: The flames that raced across western Maui were dri
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Maui Wildfires Are NOT Linked To Green Lasers Recorded Over Mauna Kea, Hawaii, On January 28, 2023
Is there a link between the wildfires that burned on Maui, Hawaii, on August 8, 2023, and a sighting of green lights seen on a January 28, 2023, livestream from the Subaru Telescope on top of Mount Mauna Kea, on the "Big Island" of Hawaii
Full Fact→ Old footage of power line explosion in US does not show Maui fires starting
Posts on social media show blurry footage of sparks and explosions which they falsely claim are directed energy weapons being used in Hawaii.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ The Marines didn’t attack a FEMA convoy on Maui. The claim originated on a parody site
CLAIM: The U.S. Marine Corps “neutralized” a “fleeing FEMA convoy in Maui.” AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Social media users are sharing a post from a website that says it publishes “humor, parody, and satire” and has previously published simil
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Marines Did NOT ‘Neutralize Fleeing FEMA Convoy’ On Maui
Did U.S. Marines "neutralize" a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) convoy on Maui around August 20, 2023? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that there's "absolutely no truth to this claim." Also, the w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Insurance Companies Are Denying Maui Fire Losses Due To ‘Zoning Infractions’
Are insurance companies denying Maui fire losses due to "zoning infractions?" No, that's not true: A Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs spokesman told Lead Stories there have been no reports of claim denials "due to zoning
Full Fact→ No evidence Maui wildfires started intentionally to create a ‘smart island’
A video claims the Hawaiian island held a “smart city conference” in January.
AllSides→ Kamala Harris claims climate change caused deadly Maui wildfires
https://thepostmillennial.com/kamala-harris-claims-climate-change-caused-deadly-maui-wildfires While on
Full Fact→ Misleading video about melted cars in Maui shared widely online
A clip shared on social media implies that fires on Maui could not have melted car wheels.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No evidence direct energy weapons caused Maui wildfires
"Hawaii is being attacked by direct energy weapons."
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Online posts spread misinformation about FEMA aid following Maui wildfires
Social media users are discouraging residents from accepting disaster aid in Maui, falsely claiming the Federal Emergency Management Agency could seize their property if they do.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trump Visiting Maui After Wildfires — It’s Alabama In 2019
Does a video show former President Donald Trump visiting the Hawaiian island of Maui in August 2023 to comfort survivors of the devastating wildfires there? No, that's not true: The footage of Trump is from 2019, when Trump visited Alabam
FactCheck.org→ High Winds, Drought Conditions Led to Maui Fires, No Evidence Intentionally Set
SciCheck Digest It’s not known what sparked the wildfires in Maui, although some evidence points to downed power lines. The conditions were ripe for fire, as large amounts of invasive grasses were dry due to drought and high winds helped to rapid
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Maui Did NOT Ban New Building Unless There Was A Serious Natural Disaster
Did government officials in Maui pass a law prohibiting new building unless some sort of "serious natural disaster" occurred, thereby raising suspicions about the cause of the deadly August 2023 wildfires on the Hawaiian island? No, that'
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video of light flashing through sky above a beach was taken in Florida, not Maui, contrary to claims
CLAIM: A video of a beam of light traveling through clouds across the sky above the ocean was filmed in Lahaina, in Maui, around the time of the wildfires.
Full Fact→ Mountain Dew drink doesn’t prove Maui fires were ‘planned’
The claim has been shared widely online following wildfires on the Hawaiian island.
Logically→ Obamas and other celebrities’ estates and mansions survived the Maui fires not because they were directed
Logically→ No, this video does not show a ‘direct energy weapons attack’ on Maui
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Speed Of ‘Fire and Fury’ Book Publication Does NOT Prove Maui Fire Was Planned Or Foretold
Is the unusually fast publication speed for the book "Fire and Fury: The Story of the 2023 Maui Fire and Its Implications for Climate Change" a sign that something is suspicious -- that the author either was tipped off the disaster was go
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Book is not proof Maui wildfires were planned
A book published Aug. 10 about the Maui wildfires is proof the wildfires were planned.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Fire Crawling On Cement In Maui — It’s Ohio In 2022
Does a video show fire crawling on cement in Maui during the wildfires of August 2023? No, that's not true: The video appeared online more than a year before the Maui fires. It shows a fire in Cleveland, Ohio, in June 2022 that was report
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Military’s Response to Maui Wildfires
Quick Take The White House declared the site of the Maui wildfires a disaster area, and the Department of Defense has provided more than 400 troops, air support and other resources in firefighting and recovery efforts. Yet posts on Instagram misrep
Full Fact→ Photo showing ‘selective’ fires in Maui is actually from San Diego in 2003
The image shows a street of houses that have burned down while the surrounding trees remain standing.
Logically→ The publication of a book does not prove that the Maui wildfires were planned in advance
Full Fact→ Video of explosion is from Chile, not Maui
The video, which appears to show a beam of light igniting a fire, was actually filmed in a suburb of Santiago.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Conspiracy theories falsely tie Maui wildfires to ‘smart cities’ and tech conferences
CLAIM: Maui hosted a conference about making the entire island into a “smart city” in January and will host another summit next month about using artificial intelligence to govern the island, proving recent wildfires were deliberately set to transf
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Old video of Louisiana power line explosion falsely tied to Maui wildfires
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A video of green lights over Hawaii is from January and is unrelated to the fires on Maui
AP’S ASSESSMENT: Missing context.
AllSides→ No, This Video Doesn’t Show a ‘Directed Energy Weapon’ Attack on Maui
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/not-direct-energy-weapon-attack-maui/ A conspiracy theory that went v
AllSides→ Fact checking a bizarre claim that government ‘direct energy weapons’ caused the Maui fires
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2023/what-started-maui-hawaii-fires-2023-direct-energy-weapons-conspiracy/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hawaii Digital Government Summit Was NOT Planned To Rebuild Maui As ‘The First Smart Island,’ ‘Governed by AI’
Was the 2023 Hawaii Digital Government Summit scheduled with the purpose of turning Maui into "the first smart island," "governed by AI" and was the August 2023 wildfire started to create a crisis to be solved by AI? No, that's not true:
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A video of fire blowing across a street is from Ohio in 2022, not the Maui wildfires
CLAIM: A video shows a fire spreading across a street amid strong winds during the Maui wildfires. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.