Mel Gibson shares ‘insane’ LA wildfires conspiracy theory
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. Mel Gibson has shared a completely unfounded conspiracy theory that people were ‘commissioned’ to start the devastating wildfires ripping through LA.
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At least 16 people have so far been killed in the fires and an estimated 10,000 buildings have been destroyed, including affluent suburbs, churches and Hollywood film locations after the original blaze began in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood.
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Celebrities including Paris Hilton, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Adam Brody and Leighton Meester have all had their homes destroyed in what has been called the most destructive fire in the city’s history. Gibson, 69, whose $11,500,000 (£9.4m) Malibu home was also burned to the ground in the ‘apocalyptic’ fires, appeared on Fox News show The Ingraham Angle to peddle a conspiracy theory even he admitted was ‘insane.’.
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He made startling and baseless claims the fires were ignited on ‘purpose’ to resolve California’s ‘problems’, which he did not specify, and suggested officials wanted ‘an empty state.’. On The Ingraham Angle, Gibson told host Laura Ingraham: ”I know they were messing with the water, letting reserves go for one reason or another. They’ve been doing that a while. California has a lot of problems that sort of baffle the mind as far as why they do things.’.
