This video shows a fire on the Tezgam Express train in Pakistan’s Punjab region caused by a gas stove explosion in 2019. Following the recent escalation in the 2025 India-Pakistan conflict, a video showing several train carriages engulfed in flames is going viral on social media with the claim that it shows a Pakistani train set on […]
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The viral video shows a fire outbreak at the Kantamanto Market in Ghana, earlier this year. It has no link to Bangladesh. A video showing fire spreading across a large area and thick smoke filling the sky and people moving amidst the debris is going viral on social media with the claim that it depicts […]
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This is an old video and it dates back to December 2017 when a wildfire spread across Ventura County, California. The raging wildfires across California have wreaked havoc, claimed at least twenty-four lives and caused widespread destruction to property and land. Amidst this, a video of a man standing on the side of a road and […]
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The video shows Los Angeles firefighters using small canvas bags, not women’s handbags, as makeshift water containers to extinguish a small fire. The raging wildfires across California have wreaked havoc, claimed at least six lives and caused widespread destruction to property and land. Amidst this a video showing two LAFD (Los Angeles Fire Department) firefighters filling […]
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The viral video is of China’s fire pot performance Mahakumbh Mela 2025 officially commenced on 13 January, 2025 continuing until 26 February, 2025 and will be held in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. The mela is held every 12 years and attracts millions of pilgrims, saints, and tourists who partake in spiritual practices such as ceremonial bathing […]
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The viral video is from an old documentary film about a fire ritual performed by Yogi Rambhau Swami from Tamil Nadu. Mahakumbh Mela 2025 officially commenced on 13 January, 2025 continuing until 26 February, 2025 and will be held in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. The mela is held every 12 years and attracts millions of pilgrims, […]
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The viral video shows a fire which broke out in the engine room of a Turkish owned ship. Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah launched a fresh strike on Israel with a barrage of over 90 missiles last week aimed towards the country’s northern city of Haifa, injuring civilians and damaging buildings and vehicles in the area. Amidst this […]
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Amid escalating chaos between Israel and Iran, an image of a massive smoke rising from the fire is going viral on social media. While sharing the image users wrote “Tel Aviv is lit up in flames”. Archive link Let’s check the truth Fact Check- We started our investigation with a reverse image search on Google […]
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A video of buses catching fire went viral on social media, claiming it to be the footage of Tel Aviv after being hit by Kamikaze drone barrage. Sharing the video on Facebook, users wrote, “Tel Aviv now on fire after being hit by Kamikaze drone barrage”. Facebook Link | Archived Link. Similar posts can be […]
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Exchange of strikes between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have been occurring along the Israel–Lebanon border and in Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights since 8 October 2023. Amidst this, a video of a boat engulfed in flames at sea has gone viral on social media, with the claim that an explosion occurred inside […]
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A video showing huge fire in the middle of a seemingly populated area, with vehicles travelling on the roads nearby and several well-lit buildings is going viral on social media with the claim that it shows fire in Haifa following Hezbollah’s recent missile attack on Israel. Let’s check the truth Archive link Fact Check- We started […]
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The viral video shows the Sri Lankan Navy rescue of the crew of the Singapore cargo vessel, which caught fire and sank off the coast of Columbo, Sri Lanka. It dates back to 2021. Yemen’s Houthi group backed by Iran, claimed to have targeted a US destroyer and Israel-bound ship in the Red Sea. Against […]
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Recently a video showing a group of people burning an effigy is going viral on social media. Sharing the video on Facebook a user wrote, “Lungi of five Congressmen caught fire while burning Modi’s effigy in Karnataka! See how all this happened. Now Modiji’s effigies have also started teaching a lesson. This is Modiji power” […]
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On the eve of the Ram Temple Pran Pratishtha, tensions escalated between two groups during a Ram Mandir rally in Naya Nagar, Mira Road, Mumbai, on Sunday night. Following the clashes, the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC) took action by demolishing illegal structures in Mira Road, sparking various reactions on social media. Amidst this chaotic […]
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The viral video is from Oman’s territorial waters and has no link to the Houthis or a British oil tanker. Yemen’s Houthis, backed by Iran, claimed to have targeted a container ship bound for Israel, following the US Central Command’s report of two anti-ship missiles fired by the militant group in the southern Red Sea. […]
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The viral video is not recent, it is from December 2021. It has no link to pro-Palestinian demonstrators. A video of a large Christmas tree being set on fire outside the Fox News headquarters in New York has recently gone viral on social media with the claim that it was set on fire by pro-Palestine […]
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The video belongs to a police station that was set on fire in 2012 in Manama, Bahrain. Amid Israel’s ongoing relentless bombardment in Gaza, the country has evacuated several of its embassies in the Middle East, several countries including Bahrain, Jordan, and Morocco, according to the Israeli Broadcasting Authority’s website. On this backdrop, a social […]
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Video shows a church on fire in France and is not related to the violence in Manipur. Manipur is witnessing an ongoing conflict between the tribal communities of Kukis and Meiteis, which has resulted in the deaths of over 150 people so far. In this context a video of a burning church in a massive fire is going […]
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The image depicts a fire at a Moscow oil refinery in 2018. A fire broke out at the machine building plant named after VV Chernyshev in Moscow, which produces engines for MIG fighter jets. Three people were injured as a result of the incident. The fire occurred in an administrative building on Cherry Street. As per […]
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An old video of a cell phone tower that caught fire in 2018 Misinformation about 5G technology has been spreading across countries on social media, alleging that it poses an immediate threat to health and well-being. Those who have sharing such information are linking them to several unproven conspiracy theories, and have called for destroying […]
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On Sunday night, a man poured an inflammable fluid on his co-passengers and set them on fire while traveling on the Alappuzha-Kannur Express near Kozhikode, Kerala. The incident occurred while the train was passing over the Korapuzha Railway Bridge. The passengers were able to stop the train and escape, but unfortunately, three people, including a […]
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Recently, miscreants have circulated many false videos as acts of violence perpetrated on North Indian migrant workers in Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu Police has called these videos a part of the false propaganda spreading among the migrant workers in the state. Police have dismissed rumors of attack on North Indian migrant workers in Tamil Nadu […]
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The viral video does not show the recent fire incident in Changsha, China that took place on 16 September 2022. The video dates back to 2021. A massive fire broke out in a skyscraper in the central Chinese city of Changsha in the southern province of Hunan on 16 September 2022. The blaze broke out […]
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Delhi Police has clarified that there was an incident of massive fire at a wedding tent and not a blast at any CNG petrol pump in Rohini, Delhi. A video showing a huge fire is circulating on social media with the claim that a huge fire broke out at a CNG petrol pump in Rohini, […]
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The viral video is old and dates back to 2018 and it is not from India. The video is from Colombia showing indigenous people clashing with the army officials. On 4th December, 14 civilians were shot dead security forced in Mon, which is a district in Nagaland. The security forces opened fired on a group […]
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A forest fire broke out in Srinagar of Pauri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand on May 23. Destressed about the flora and fauna gutted by fire in the state, netizens started posting videos and photos of the wildfires. A collage of images is circulating on social media with the claim it depicts the recent forest fires […]
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On 23rd October 2019, a Facebook user named “Sajid Hasan” posted a video which reads, “Mumbai Ghatkopar Hotel Golden just caught fire”. This video shows a building on fire. Sharing this video on social media extensively, it is being claimed that the accident occurred at Hotel Golden in Ghatkopar area of Mumbai. Facebook Post | […]
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