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Viral image
stated on January 9, 2025 a Facebook post:
Video shows Mexican firefighters going to help with California fires.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 17, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 12, 2025 social media posts:
Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Uber haven’t donated anything toward LA fire relief, but Taylor Swift donated $10 million.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • January 16, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 15, 2025 una publicación en Facebook:
“Bomberos que combaten los incendios en Los Ángeles sostienen imagen de Nuestra Madre Santísima”.
False
By Maria Briceño • January 16, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 10, 2025 a post on Facebook:
“So (Los Angeles), Hollywood, and California (get) 100% aid for the next 180 days while Western North Carolina got $750.”
False
By Madison Czopek • January 16, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 10, 2025 a Facebook post:
Video clips show “wildfires in Los Angeles, California.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • January 16, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on January 9, 2025 una publicación en X:
“El Departamento de Bomberos de Los Ángeles está utilizando bolsos de mujer para recoger agua en su lucha contra el incendio”.
False
By Marta Campabadal Graus • January 16, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 14, 2025 a post on Instagram:
The Biden administration is offering only “$770 for people who lost everything” in the Los Angeles wildfires.
False
By Madison Czopek • January 15, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 11, 2025 an Instagram post:
“The FBI has arrested the owner of the company responsible for the fires in Los Angeles.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 15, 2025
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 10, 2025 a Facebook post:
Trees still standing amid wildfire damage in the Los Angeles area are evidence of directed energy weapons.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 15, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 14, 2025 an Instagram post:
Video shows “Israeli tourists celebrating” the Los Angeles wildfires.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • January 15, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 12, 2025 social media posts:
An image shows Robert Redford’s Oscar statuette destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • January 15, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on January 12, 2025 a Threads post:
“If they wanted to stop the fires they would make it rain.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 15, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 9, 2025 an Instagram post:
“The LAFD are using women’s handbags to hold water to put out fires.”
False
By Marta Campabadal Graus • January 14, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on January 11, 2025 a Threads post:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Democrats “literally decriminalized looting.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • January 14, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 11, 2025 a post on Instagram:
“​​Oregon sent 60 fire trucks to California to help with the fires, but they’re being held in Sacramento for emissions testing.”
False
By Madison Czopek • January 14, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 10, 2025 a post:
The Los Angeles wildfires were planned in preparation for the 2028 Olympics.
False
By Sara Swann • January 14, 2025
More Perfect Union
More Perfect Union
stated on January 8, 2025 an Instagram post:
“One billionaire couple owns almost all the water in California."
False
By Caleb McCullough • January 14, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 10, 2025 a Facebook post:
“P Diddy’s California mansion has been completely consumed by fire.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • January 14, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 12, 2025 una publicación en Facebook:
Imagen muestra “casa de familia católica salió intacta del incendio” en California en enero de 2025.
False
By Maria Briceño, Sofia Ahmed • January 14, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 10, 2025 una publicación en Facebook:
Los incendios en California “han llegado a Tijuana en la entrada de villa del campo en los cerros”.
False
By Maria Briceño • January 13, 2025
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