Video of cylinder blast in Guwahati passed off as gas explosion in UP's Barabanki
A video of an explosion is being widely shared on social media with the claim that it shows a gas cylinder blast at Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh.
By Sunanda Naik Published on 1 Nov 2022 1:40 PM GMT
Hyderabad: A video of an explosion is being widely shared on social media with the claim that it shows a gas cylinder blast at Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh.
The incident reportedly took place in Barabanki, but according to our investigation, no such blast took place in Barabanki recently.
Let's verify the location of the blast.
FACT CHECK
NewsMeter performed a reverse image search that led us to a YouTube Shorts uploaded on 20 August 2022. According to the title, the location of the incident is the Bhangagarh area in Guwahati.
To confirm this, we ran a keyword search and found multiple tweets that confirmed that the incident took place in Bhangagharh in Guwahati, Assam on 20 August 2022.
India Today NE had also tweeted a video of the cylinder explosion and said, "A large fire erupted at a restaurant below the #Bhangagarh Flyover in #Guwahati."
Lastly, East Mojo had uploaded a video report on the incident on its official YouTube channel on 20 August 2022. It was titled "Fire breaks out in Guwahati's Bhangagarh, property worth lakhs gutted."
Hence, a video of a cylinder blast in Guwahati, Assam has been shared as a recent incident in Barabanki, UP. Hence, the claim is misleading.
