A video, showing many people running on the road as smoke comes out of the buildings, is doing the rounds on social media. Many users claim that it is the visuals from Jaipur after a fire broke out in the city’s World Trade Park.
A Facebook user posted the viral post (archive link) with the following caption:
# जयपुर में WTP के आगे लगी आग 😭😭
(English: # Fire broke out in front of WTP in Jaipur 😭😭)
You can check the post here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral post, and found it to be False.
Doing a Reverse Image Search of the video keyframes, the NM team came across a YouTube video, dated August 3, 2024, on an unverified channel. The description of the video states that it shows protests taking place in Venezuela in 2024.
Searching further, we found another video similar to the viral video on the X handle of Monitoreamos, a Venezuelan media house. The video was uploaded on July 30, informing that it is a demonstration held in Puerto La Cruz city of Venezuela.
The same video was also uploaded on another Venezuelan media house’s Instagram handle around same time, confirming that the video is from Venezuela.
Therefore, we can conclusively say that the viral post, claiming to show fire at World Trade Park in Jaipur, is false.
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