“Most of the wildfires on the West Coast are “all being started by antifa.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 9 Sep 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
A combination of drought, historic heat, lightning storms and heavy winds are thought to have contributed to more than 90 wildfires that have burned thousands of square miles across the West Coast.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 September 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 September 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
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