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Thursday, January 16, 2025

Many viral videos don't actually show LA fires

A roundup of false and misleading claims about the Los Angeles wildfires. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Checking the Facts

Thu Jan 16 2025

 
A structure burns on Jan. 11, 2025, on the hillside above Mandeville Canyon Road in Brentwood from the Palisades Fire that started on Jan. 7.

A roundup of false and misleading claims about the Los Angeles wildfires.

Homes seen Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in an unincorporated Los Angeles County neighborhood off Rambla Pacifico Street are burned to the ground after the Palisades Fire.
 

Firefighter POV video online before 2025 California fires | Fact check

The footage was posted online before the Los Angeles wildfires began in January 2025.

A firefighter works with water hoses near houses burned down in the Palisades Fire along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, January 9, 2025.   Massive wildfires that engulfed whole neighborhoods and displaced thousands in Los Angeles remained totally uncontained January 9, 2025, authorities said, as US National Guard soldiers readied to hit the streets to help quell disorder.
 

Photo doesn't show Diddy's mansion, taken in Ohio in 2014 | Fact check

The picture doesn't show Sean "Diddy" Combs' mansion. It shows a mansion in Cincinnati, Ohio, that was burned by a fire in 2014.

Fire whirls move through a field during the Remington Fire, which started Aug. 22, 2024, and burned through parts of Wyoming and Montana.
 

Video shows fire whirls in Wyoming, not California | Fact check

The video shows a pair of fire whirls from the Remington Fire, which began in August 2024 and burned through parts of Wyoming and Montana.

Fake news.
 

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