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Los Angeles wildfires

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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 series of images shows the wildfire in Los Angeles. Fact: The post is false as the footage is AI-generated and does not show real visuals from the incident. On 12 January 2025, a user on Threads posted a series of images with the caption: “Why isn’t this contained yet? It’s now coming up […]

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Claim: A video shows the first stage of the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, in which “fire [started] falling from the sky” when a celestial object was struck by unidentified objects and erupted into flames. Fact: The video is not only unrelated to the Los Angeles wildfires but was digitally created and originally posted back […]

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