“A book published Aug. 10 about the Maui wildfires is proof the wildfires were planned.”
Social media posts
Social media posts. Claim dated 15 Aug 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The timing of a book’s publication about the Maui wildfires is not proof that the fires were planned. Details in the book’s online summary and introduction appear to be drawn from publicly available information.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 15 August 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 August 2023, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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