The claim
Social media users claimed that the wildfires in Hawaii were caused by a "direct energy weapon."
Rating
FALSE: There's no evidence that the Hawaii fires were caused by a DEW attack; photographs online supposedly depicting this attack were years-old and showed events (such as space shuttle launches) unrelated to directed energy weapons; the most likely cause of the fire was dry conditions and strong winds.
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