“Hawaii wildfire was intentionally set because there’s “120 million tons of lithium in Maui.”
Social media posts
a TikTok video. Claim dated 12 Sep 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
Experts said there is not a significant amount of lithium in Maui or Hawaii, and there are no plans to mine lithium in that state. There’s no evidence that Maui’s wildfires were set intentionally.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 12 September 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 September 2023, 3 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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