The French Interior Ministry reported a significant decrease in overnight violence in various cities across the country, just one week after riots broke out following the police shooting of a teenager during a traffic stop. According to the ministry, 72 individuals were arrested nationwide, with 24 arrests in and around Paris.
Amid the ongoing France protests, a video of a parking lot with dozens of vehicles engulfed in flames is widely shared on social media, claiming that it shows the unrest in France.
The video is shared with a caption: “Car parking area in Marseille, France”.
Several people have also shared a screenshot of the video with the text, “FRANCE RIOTS JULY 2, 2023, UPDATE – Marseille: Rioters set fire to a parking lot filled with brand new vehicles.”
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim, and found it to be FALSE.
Running the keyframes of the viral video through Reverse Image Search, we traced a news report by ABC News carrying a similar video, dated April 28, 2023, with a headline: “Blaze destroys dozens of cars in Pickles Auctions car yard in Bibra Lake (Australia).”
Searching further, NM team found a news report by The Guardian, dated April 29, 2023, carrying visuals similar to the viral video with a headline: “Giant blaze destroys 60 vehicles at Pickles auction yard in Perth.” The report further reads: “A giant plume of black smoke billowed over the Perth suburb of Bibra Lake on Friday night as a blaze engulfed cars at a Pickles auction yard.”
Similar videos from the incident were also shared on social media in April 2023.
Thus, it is evident from the above information that the viral video is unrelated to France protests.
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