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"Oregon sent 60 fire trucks to California to help with the fires, but they’re being held in Sacramento for emissions testing."
Publisher’s rating: False
২০২২ আৰু ২০২৩চনৰ পুৰণি ফটোকে ২০২৫চনৰ জানুৱাৰীৰ তীব্বত ভূমিকম্পৰ ফটো বুলি দাবী কৰি প্ৰচাৰ কৰা হৈছে।
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
شاهد| لحظة سقوط وتحطم طائرة تساعد في محاولة إطفاء الحرائق في لوس أنجلوس
Publisher’s rating: مضلل
Annir reports that the video is from a plane crash in Chile, not the Los Angeles fires. It says the crash occurred on January 15, 2024, in Talca, after the plane’s wing struck a power line; the pilot died and several others were injured.
انفجار في محطة فرعية للطاقة بولاية تكساس بعد حرائق لوس أنجلوس ونيويورك
Publisher’s rating: مش حقيقي
The review says the video does not show a recent Texas substation explosion connected to the fires. It identifies the footage as an October 2011 chemical explosion at a factory in Waxahachie, Texas, unrelated to the current fires.
तिब्बत में आये भूकंप के बाद नेपाल में भी तेज झटके
Publisher’s rating: भ्रामक
نشرت حسابات على مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي فيسبوك وإكس - تويتر سابقًا - مقطع فيديو مدعية أنه يوثق انفجار محطة لتعبئة الغاز المنزلي في محافظة البيضاء وسط اليمن اليوم السبت، لكن الادعاء ليس صحيح.
Publisher’s rating: غير صحيح جزئيا
The review says the video does not show the claimed gas-station explosion: it was posted on September 17, 2021, and shows a fuel-tanker explosion at a Houthi-established customs point in Al Bayda. It distinguishes that footage from a separate explosion at a domestic-gas filling station in the governorate.
২০১৫ চনৰ নেপাল ভূইকঁপৰ দৃশ্য শেহতীয়া ৭ জানুৱাৰী,২০২৫ৰ বুলি প্ৰচাৰ।
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
The review says the video was already available in 2015 and showed the Nepal earthquake in Bhaktapur’s Durbar Square, not an event on 7 January 2025. It cites 2015 news coverage identifying the same footage as showing the earthquake. [S1]
سقوط طائرة تساعد في إطفاء الحرائق في لوس انجلوس
Publisher’s rating: مضلل
The review says the video was not of a plane crashing while fighting fires in Los Angeles. It identifies the footage as showing a rescue aircraft crash in Chile in January 2024.
ป้าย Hollywood ถูกไฟไหม้ระหว่างเหตุการณ์ไฟป่าในลอสแองเจลิส
Publisher’s rating: False
The review says the viral image of the Hollywood sign on fire was edited or AI-generated. It reports that the sign was not affected by the Los Angeles wildfires, noting that one fire was 2.3 miles away.
திபெத்தில் ஏற்பட்ட நிலநடுக்கம் என்று ஒரு சிசிடிவி விடியோ காட்சி ஃபேஸ்புக்கில் பதிவிடப்பட்டு வருகிறது.
Publisher’s rating: ஃபேக்ட் கிரஸண்டோ ரேட்டிங்: FALSE
The review says the footage shared as showing the Tibet earthquake was uploaded to YouTube in 2015 and identified as CCTV footage from Tripureshwor Chowk in Nepal. It concludes that the video shows Nepal’s 2015 earthquake, not the Tibet earthquake.
Video shows a man saving a bunny during the 2025 Los Angeles fires.
Publisher’s rating: False
Image shows the Hollywood sign was on fire as of Jan. 8.
Publisher’s rating: False
The Hollywood sign in Los Angeles caught fire during wildfires in January 2025
Publisher’s rating: Amid the outbreak of fatal fires in California, AI-generated imagery has been widely shared on social media, in particular multiple images and video clips that appear to show the iconic Hollywood sign on fire in Los Angeles. These images and videos are fake, and the sign stands intact.
Another Video A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Tibet’s Shigatse city at 9:05 am on January 7, 2025, resulting in at least 53 deaths and 62 injuries.
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
The visuals show the Tibet earthquake of 07 January 2025.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review identifies the photo as showing earthquake damage in Iskenderun, Turkey, and the three videos as showing earthquakes in Nepal, Japan, and Taiwan. It concludes that none of these visuals relate to the Tibet earthquake of 07 January 2025.
तिरुपति हादसे में पिता को अपने बेटे के शव के लिए एम्बुलेंस नहीं मिली
Publisher’s rating: भ्रामक
As California wildfires rage there's "NO MONEY IN FEMA. THIS IS WHAT JOE BIDEN IS LEAVING ME.”
Publisher’s rating: False
Video of a man carrying his son’s dead body on a motorcycle in Tirupati, following the stampede that occurred on the night of 08 January 2025.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The video is not connected to the Tirupati stampede of 08 January 2025; it dates to an incident at Tirupati’s SVR Ruia Government General Hospital on 26 April 2022. The review says the boy’s father carried his body on a relative’s two-wheeler after ambulance operators allegedly demanded a high price and prevented another ambulance from entering the hospital.
Video shows an electric (EV) car exploding in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The video does not show an EV explosion in Uttar Pradesh. The review identifies it as a car bomb blast in Sevastopol, Russian-controlled Crimea, in November 2024, which killed Russian naval officer Valery Trankovsky.