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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.

Rating

FALSE

Reviewed by FACTLY ↗ ·

Original fact check ↗

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

  1. [S1] FACTLY original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026