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Video Doesn't Show Drone Starting California Wildfires

Suzy WoltmannSuzy Woltmann
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18th September 2020
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10:46 pm
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Video Doesn't Show Drone Starting California Wildfires
The video actually depicts the start of a controlled burn (Getty Images).

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The claim went viral on social media in September 2020, in the midst of the wildfires ravaging California and Oregon. 

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