There are claims surfacing that suggest that the fires in Maui and various elements such as 15-minute cities, artificial intelligence, energy weapons, and weather modification.
Fires In Maui; Not Linked To Energy Weapons, AI, Smart Cities, Weather Modification|CNN
These claims regarding the cause of the fires in Maui have been fact-checked and debunked.
There is no factual evidence to support claims that the recent fires in Maui are connected to energy weapons, artificial intelligence, smart cities, or weather modification.
An Instagram video, posted on Aug. 11, features a man speaking while footage of destroyed buildings and vehicles in Maui, Hawaii is shown. The video questions what have caused the fires in Maui might be.
The claim suggests that the wreckage found at the sites of the fires in Maui does not suggest a fire but rather looks like an explosion. It also links the fires in Maui to a conference which aimed to make it a smart island by implementing electric, renewable energy sources and encouraging the use of electric vehicles.
Additionally, another links the fires in Maui to a digital government summit planned for Hawaii in September, focusing on using artificial intelligence to govern the island. Finally, the claim says that the fires in Maui were caused by government-led weather modification.
The narrator in the said video also presented various claims regarding the nature and cause of the fires in Maui.
There are claims that the recent fires in Maui are believed to have been caused by an “energy weapon” based on two images showing beams of light that reached up into the sky, according to AP News.
AP News debunked the claim stating that the two images do not have any connection to the fires in Maui. One image depicts the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch that took place in California in May 2018, while the other captures a flare from a controlled burn at an oil refinery in Ohio during the same year which is unrelated to the fires in Maui.
Some users on social media are sharing unrelated photos along with images and videos of the wreckage caused by the deadly fires in Maui. Users are spreading baseless conspiracy theories that the fires in Maui were caused by something nefarious AP News added.
