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<\/p>\nA bizarre conspiracy theory has erupted surrounding wildfires in Maui, which claim they were started by space lasers.<\/p>\n
Wild claims online say lasers were fired from space to start the fires that have gutted swaths of the island and claimed the lives of over 100 people.<\/p>\n
Other crazy speculations surrounding the fires include land grab claims regarding celebrities or the US government and suspicious accusations that trees were standing amid the rubble.<\/p>\n
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Wild claims about \u201cdirect energy weapons\u201d are being rolled out by people online to claim that the fires on the Hawaiian island were started on purpose.<\/p>\n
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The cause of the destruction of seaside town Lahaina remains unknown by officials, but theories surrounding these conspiracy claims have been debunked \u2013 yet still they spread online.<\/p>\n
It is known that the ideal conditions for a fire spreading were created by dry conditions, low humidity and strong winds caused by a pressure imbalance from a nearby hurricane.<\/p>\n
Claims that downed power lines sparked the blaze has led to a lawsuit being filed.<\/p>\n
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But despite the horror, the loss of life and a complete lack of evidence, some are still trying to claim that sinister human intervention is to blame.<\/p>\n
One video, posted on Instagram, captioned \u201cPAY ATTENTION!!!!!!! NOT WILDFIRES\u201d makes the outlandish claim about the \u201cdirect energy weapon assault\u201d.<\/p>\n
But images used in the footage have already been debunked by people who found original pictures of a SpaceX launch from 2018, which appears to have been lifted from the site and edited to look like a laser hitting the Earth.<\/p>\n
The narrator of the video shamelessly says in the clip that it \u201cshows a laser beam coming out of the sky directly targeting the city.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also makes claims about flammable chemicals being sprayed into the sky in a weather modification programme.<\/p>\n
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That was accompanied by an image too, however, that has been found to also be from 2018 at a Marathon Oil refinery in Canton, Ohio.<\/p>\n
Others have even claimed some trees still standing amounts to evidence of conspiracy with one claiming on X: \u201cEverything is burnt but the trees, but don\u2019t point that out or ur a conspiracy theorist (sic).\u201d<\/p>\n
Someone was quick to send a link to Britannica that said: \u201cSome plants are able to survive wildfires due to a layer of thermal insulation provided by their bark, dead leaves, or moist tissues\u201d.<\/p>\n
Others have wildly claimed that wealthy private interests like Blackrock or Maui property owners Oprah and Jeff Bezos were behind mass real estate arson.<\/p>\n
While some bizarrely claimed indigenous people were driven out in a bid to create an AI-run city, theDaily Mail<\/u>reports.<\/p>\n
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