Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem raised eyebrows on social media after claiming Wednesday that one in six survivors of the Maui wildfires resorted to offering “sexual favors” to survive.

Noem made the claim during the second meeting of the FEMA Review Council — the body determining whether the agency should be eliminated and reformed.

The secretary said the wildfires on Hawaii were among the examples of FEMA’s “gross mismanagement and negligence.”

“After the wildfires in Maui, residents voiced concerns that every FEMA employee that they spoke with had different answers” and they didn’t get “helpful assistance,” Noem said.

“The situation in Lahaina was so bad that one in six survivors were forced to trade sexual favors, other favors, for just basic supplies,” the secretary continued.

The Aug. 8, 2023, wildfire was the deadliest U.S. wildfire in over a century, according to the Associated Press. More than 100 people on Maui lost their lives.

Noem contrasted the wildfire survivors’ situation with those of “illegal aliens” who stayed in hotels for free in cities like New York.

“At the same time, illegal aliens were staying in luxury hotels using FEMA dollars,” Noem said.

The secretary’s comments on the wildfires were met with incredulity by liberal-leaning social media accounts, including Meidas Touch, which posted: “These people are insane.”

“She should be stripped of her post for spreading such lies,” tweeted another account critical of the Trump administration.

But according to reports, Noem’s claim is true.

Citing new findings, the Guardian reported in late May that “One in six female survivors surveyed felt forced to engage in ‘survival sex’ for necessities after 2023 catastrophic Hawaii fire.”

“Immigrant women and other limited English speakers felt particularly isolated and unsafe in emergency shelters, with some sleeping with their children in vehicles – or engaging in ‘survival sex’ for a safer place to stay, according to the new report by Tagnawa, a Filipino feminist disaster response organization in Hawaii, shared exclusively with the Guardian,” the outlet reported May 29.