Secrest told Reuters Fact Check that he took the picture on a frigid day and knew what he was seeing. I believe the last one was starting California wildfires....”The photo was taken from Baum Road in Canton Township, Secrest, who never visited Hawaii, told the Canton Repository in an Aug. 11 interview (here). Residents saw flames from Marathon refinery’s controlled flaring, the Canton Repository and Fox 8 reported (here), (here). Reuters Fact Check has previously addressed claims of a directed energy weapon used in wildfires or explosions, including the 2023 Canadian wildfires and a 2020 Nashville blast (here), (here). The photo has circulated online since January 2018, years before the Hawaii wildfires in August 2023.

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Persons: Travis Secrest, Secrest, ”, ” Secrest, Read Organizations: National Weather Service, Reuters, Twitter, Facebook, Marathon Petroleum, Baum, Fox Locations: Ohio, Hawaii, Maui, Canton, Jan, California, Canton Township, Secrest, Michigan, Nashville