French authorities have arrested nearly 400 people in connection with this summer’s devastating wildfires, further undercutting the legacy media narrative of climate change being chiefly responsible for the annual occurrences. The French Ministry of the Interior told Le Figaro that it has arrested 375 people since the beginning of the summer in cases related to wildfires. Nevertheless, the so-called wildfires have been repeatedly cited in legacy media outlets as evidence of man-made climate change. Such reporting often lacks information on the actual human factors driving the fires, namely accidents and arson. Indeed, according to the French Interior Ministry, nine in ten wildfires in the country are suspected to have been started by humans, with around one-third of such cases involving arson.