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The LA Fire Department has responded after Henry Winkler made a shock claim about the cause of the California blazes. Amid the destruction sparked by the Pacific Palisades fire, the Happy Days icon, 79, took to X with an an incendiary message blaming foul play. He wrote: 'THERE IS an ARSONIST here in LA . May you be beaten you unrecognizable !!! The pain you have caused !!!' His claims swiftly went viral with some fans pledging their support to him and others lambasting him for spreading panic. An LA Fire Department official has responded to the claim via TMZ,...

It's a sad celebrity ritual. Tragedy strikes somewhere in the U.S., and a star uses Twitter to politicize it for their pet cause. Henry Winkler of Happy Days fame joined the club earlier today. The actor rushed to Twitter today after news broke that a shooting at the U.S. Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. left several people dead. Many details are still unknown, but that didn't prevent Winkler from assuming gun control would have prevented the shooting.

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