Los Angeles‘ wildfires have claimed at least 24 lives and laid waste to 12,000 properties in a week.

But the infernos, which are still raging, have also sparked a slew of wild and unhinged conspiracy theories online.

From protecting P Diddy and enriching billionaires to an act of war and a deliberate political attempt to hasten high speed rail in California, internet wonks have been having a field day.

Protecting P Diddy, celebrities on his ‘list’ and destroying evidence including a network of tunnels with one leading to the Playboy Mansion

P Diddy has faced more than 100 allegations of sexual abuse, including multiple accusations of rape and even child abuse, at his infamous drug-fuelled parties.

But some have made baseless claims that the fires may have been started to ‘cover up’ Diddy’s alleged sex crimes – and protect any allies he may have left.

His Los Angeles home has been untouched by the Southern California wildfire.

The lavish house in Holmby Hills, a few miles east of Beverly Hills, sits close to the Palisades fire‘s path, but has not been damaged by the disaster.