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Claim: A bird that can breathe fire or shoot fire from its eyes caused the Los Angeles wildfires, according to a video. Fact: No such fire-breathing bird exists. The accompanying video is actually the work of a VFX artist who created the clip back in 2020 using CGI and compositing technique. On 23 January 2025, […]

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Claim: A video shows a large group of people sleeping in an open ground after losing their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires.  Fact: The claim is false because the video is from 2023 and shows people, who attended the “ World Youth Day” in Lisbon, Portugal,  sleeping in Tejo Park. On 24 January 2025, […]

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Claim: A video shows a firefighting plane crashing shortly after takeoff while attempting to douse a fire in Los Angeles in January 2025. Fact: The video actually shows a firefighting plane that crashed in January 2024 in Chile. It has no connection to the January 2025 Los Angeles fires. On 11 January 2025, Threads user […]

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