The claim
The viral video showing a massive explosion at an industrial plant is from the recent Iranian missile strike on Israel’s Haifa oil refinery.
Original review summary
The review says the video was online by 2015 and was captioned as showing a chemical plant explosion in China. It concludes the footage predates the Iran-Israel conflict and is unrelated to the strike on Haifa’s refinery.[S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] FACTLY original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026