Claim: Officials say the October 2017 California wildfires were started by Mexican drug cartels in order to gain a strategic advantage over the legal marijuana industry.
Fact-check: FACT CHECK: Did 'Mexican Drug Cartels' Start the California Wildfires?
Verdict: Unproven
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Dan Macguill
Date published: 2017-10-17T15:05:42