As authorities on the West Coast battle ferocious wildfires, they're also having to contend with unfounded conspiracy theories tying the blazes not to climate change, but left-wing agitators.
A fire crew member on the scene working to protect the town of Butte Falls in southern Oregon on Sunday.
"We are inundated with questions about things that are FAKE stories," the sheriff's office said in a Facebook post."One example is a story circulating that varies about what group is involved as to setting fires and arrests being made. THIS IS NOT TRUE!" Officials in Clackamas County have also had to push back on antifa rumors not just from the public, but also from their own law enforcement officers.video went viral
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