As Canada hurtles towards its worst wildfire season in history, a conspiracy theory has taken off claiming environmentalists intentionally set some of the blazes.
This aerial image, courtesy of the Nova Scotia Government in Canada, shows the magnitude of the fire in Shelburne County.MONTREAL - As Canada hurtles towards its worst wildfire season in history, a conspiracy theory has taken off online claiming environmentalists intentionally set some of the blazes.
One article speculates that since 90 percent of Alberta's fires could be"human-caused," there is a possibility that"ecoterrorists" may be behind them. Alberta Wildfire told AFP that unless lightning is involved, a blaze is classified as human-caused. This does not exclusively mean arson. During Australia's Black Summer of 2020, social media users misleadingly cited arson statistics from a prior year to blame unconnected crimes for the season’s bushfires.
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