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Disasters & emergencies fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about disasters & emergencies. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

3,262 published reviews in this topic

台灣事實查核中心Disasters & emergencies

【部分錯誤】網傳「台中市居民帶身份證到戶籍所在地的消防隊，一戶免費領取一個（火災警報器）」？

Publisher’s rating: 部分錯誤

The claim concerns Taichung residents supposedly being able to take an identity card to the fire station serving their registered address and receive one free fire alarm per household. The Taiwan FactCheck Center’s review addressed this specific claim by consulting Taichung City Fire Bureau’s fire-prevention section and the bureau’s Shalu unit. The bureau said it offers free alarms to applicants who meet eligibility conditions, but residents must apply and pass a review before an alarm is provided and installed. The Shalu unit also said that even alarms made available through corporate donations require an application and review; presenting an identity card alone is not enough. (S1) The review further reports that the program is aimed at qualifying applicants, including residents of certain types of homes and people in specified circumstances. The bureau identified homes of five floors or fewer, iron-sheet houses, low- and middle-income households, and older people living alone among the eligible categories. After an application, fire personnel review it and conduct a home visit; those assessed as eligible receive an installation. The general allocation is one alarm per household, so that part of the claim reflects the stated program rule, but it does not mean every Taichung resident can obtain one simply by showing identification. (S1) The distinction is therefore between the per-household quantity and the conditions for access: the review supports one alarm as the general limit for an eligible household, while finding that eligibility, application, and approval are required. The bureau also cautioned that application rules vary across local jurisdictions and advised residents to check with their local fire authority. (S1)

Deutsche Presse-AgenturDisasters & emergencies

Op Facebook is op 4 mei 2020 een foto geplaatst van een "Verkeersongeval vandaag in Amsterdam", met "3 doden en 5 zwaargewonden". Er zouden "niet-geïdentificeerde" slachtoffers zijn; de lezer wordt opgeroepen op een link te klikken om meer foto’s van het ongeval en van de slachtoffers te bekijken.

Publisher’s rating: Klik nooit op links van onbekende afzenders; deze kunnen computervirussen bevatten. Cybercriminelen gebruiken ook verwijzingen naar de actualiteit, zoals COVID-19, om aandacht te trekken; als burgers "erin trappen", kan schadelijke software op de computer worden geïnstalleerd. Phishing blijft het grootste cyberveiligheidsprobleem voor burgers. Het is een belangrijke toegangspoort voor cybercriminelen tot mobiele telefoons, laptops en desktops.

FACTLYDisasters & emergencies

Video of a fire accident that took place at the Solapur Airport on 05 April 2020

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The claim concerns a video presented as showing a fire at Solapur Airport on 5 April 2020, allegedly caused by firecrackers during the 9 p.m. event responding to Prime Minister Modi’s appeal. FACTLY’s review distinguishes the occurrence of a fire on that date from the footage used to depict it: it reports that a fire did happen at the airport on 5 April, but concludes that the shared video shows a different incident.

მითების დეტექტორიDisasters & emergencies

“თავისუფალი ზონის” გვერდმა „Liberty Zone-USA თავისუფალი ზონა-აშშ“ გაავრცელა ვიდეო, წარწერით “ამ წუთებში ნიუ იორკში საავადმყოფო იწვის!”. “თავისუფალ ზონაზე დაყრდნობით”.

Publisher’s rating: ვიდეო ავთენტურია, თუმცა ის სოციალურ ქსელებსა და ონლაინ მედიაში მანიპულაციურად გაშუქდა. აღწერამ, თითქოს ცეცხლი საავადმყოფოს გაუჩნდა, მკითხველი და ფეისბუქის მომხმარებლები შეცდომაში შეიყვანა და კორონავირუსის კონტექსტში შიში გამოიწვია.

NewtralDisasters & emergencies

Un vehículo de la UME se ha quedado atascado en las calles de la localidad navarra de Olite

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim concerned a social-media image said to show a vehicle belonging to Spain’s Military Emergency Unit (UME) stuck in Olite, Navarra. Newtral reports that a screenshot of an Instagram story had circulated since late March, presenting the vehicle as “stuck in Olite.” Its investigation found that the image was not taken in Olite: the business visible beside the vehicle was identified as Gerayca SL, a construction company in Aranda de Duero, Burgos. Newtral located the business and placed the vehicle in front of Calle Miel in Aranda de Duero instead. The review also addresses whether the vehicle was actually stuck. It says that later images circulating online showed the vehicle after the moment in the original image and showed that it had not become stuck. Together, the location evidence and the later images contradict the two key parts of the claim: that the scene was in Olite and that the vehicle was stranded. The excerpt does not establish what specific UME actions were being carried out in Aranda de Duero.

NewtralDisasters & emergencies

El puente que se derrumbó en Florida en 2018 era feminista y fue construido solo por mujeres

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim concerns the pedestrian bridge near Florida International University in west Miami that collapsed on March 15, 2018. The review examines the viral description of it as the “first feminist bridge,” supposedly built by women and collapsing within 24 hours. It says the bridge was neither built only by women nor designed as a feminist project, and that the timing in the viral claim was wrong. The review cites an official report by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) for the installation timeline: the bridge’s horizontal structure had been installed five days before the collapse. That directly conflicts with the claim that it fell within 24 hours of being built or installed. The review also checks the allegation about the company involved. It identifies MCM (Munilla Construction Management) as one of the participating companies, but says the claim that MCM was fundamentally run and directed by women was false: the company was family-run, and its board and executive management consisted entirely of men. The review describes the viral narrative as emerging amid initial speculation about responsibility for the tragedy, including claims blaming feminism, rather than evidence that the bridge had a feminist design or women-only construction team.