A video depicting a high-rise building engulfed in flames is going viral on social media, with claims that it shows the CIA headquarters in Dubai being targeted by Iran this morning. The video surfaced amid escalating regional tensions, which include coordinated strikes by the U.S. and Israel on Iran, as well as Iranian drone and missile retaliations across the Middle East.
The caption on the video states, “Footage of CIA headquarters in Dubai targeted this morning by Iran”
Fact check:
We started our investigation with a keyword and reverse image search on Google and the results led us to a news report by Arab news published in October 2015. As per the report, a fire has broken out on a skyscraper in the Emirati city of Sharjah, near Dubai.
This video shows a fire in a high-rise building in the Al Khan area of Sharjah, United Arab Emirate on October 1st 2015. A total of 19 people were treated for smoke inhalation and 250 households were affected by the blaze, Sharjah Civil Defense incident commander Lt. Col. Saeed al-Suwaidi told The Associated Press.
Moving forward we found the same details and image on the stock image website Getty images also. The caption states, “Fire engulfs a residential tower in King Faisal Street near the city centre in the United Arab Emirate of Sharjah on October 1, 2015. Fire fighters managed to extinguish the fire and no casualties were reported, according to Emirati officials”.
So based on these evidences, we can understand that an old 2015 video of a residential tower fire in Sharjah is falsely shared as footage of the CIA headquarters in Dubai targeted by Iran.
Conclusion
Fact crescendo found that the claim made along with the viral video to be Misleading. This video depicts a fire that occurred in a high-rise building in Sharjah in October 2015. It is unrelated to the recent US-Israeli attack on Iran.
Title:Old video of residential tower fire in Sharjah falsely shared as footage of the CIA headquarters in Dubai targeted by Iran
Fact Check By: Usha ManojResult: Misleading
