Fact Check: People of a particular community are looting houses amidst fire in America? The truth will surprise you

New Delhi: Fire has caused tremendous devastation in California. Thousands of houses have been burnt to ashes. Efforts are continuing to extinguish this fire, but the fire is so huge that resources are falling short. Along with this, some fake news and videos are also being shared on social media regarding California. In one such video, it is being said that amid the horror of the fire, people of a particular sect are engaged in looting. When the alert team investigated this video, this claim was found to be false.

What is the claim on social media?

In the video from California which is being shared on social media, some people are seen bringing things out from inside the house. Flames are visible at the back of the house. Smoke is visible everywhere and there is an atmosphere of chaos. While posting the video it is said that some people are looting here.

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YouTuber Manish Kashyap posted this video on Twitter and wrote, ‘On one hand, there is a huge fire in Los Angeles. On the other hand, people of a particular race and sect are engaged in looting instead of helping in extinguishing the fire. The goods from people’s homes are being looted and taken away and the people of America laugh at the people of India. See the tweet-

Posting the video with a handle named Deepak Sharma, it is written, ‘The community is robbers… Wildfire has wreaked havoc in America. People are running away from their homes and on the other hand, these infiltrator Jihadis from America are looting their vacant houses and shops. Giving shelter to them means destruction of home, locality, village, city, state and country. See the tweet-

Similarly, a person named Jitendra Pratap Singh has written in the post along with the video, ‘On one hand, there is a huge fire in Los Angeles. On the other hand, instead of helping in extinguishing the fire, people of a particular race and sect are engaged in looting and looting the belongings of people’s homes and it is the people of America who laugh at the people of India. See the tweet-

This video with similar claim has been posted by many X handles including ‘Sangharsh Satya Liye…’ and ‘Sanatani Reshmi’. See his/her post-

What is the truth of the video?

To know the truth of this viral video on social media, first of all we searched its screen shot on Google reverse image. Here in search result we get news website ‘U turn’ A link was found, in which it is said that the people seen in the video are not looting goods, but are helping the people living in that house. A YouTube video of ‘KTLA 5’ has been cited in this news.

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Now we saw the YouTube video of ‘KTLA 5’, where the whole truth of the video going viral on social media was revealed. In this YouTube video, at 4:46:52, the channel’s journalists are talking to the people living in the house. The house which is number 161 is also visible in the background and it was claimed that the robbery took place from this house.

The woman living in the house is telling that to ensure that the valuables of the house do not get burnt in the fire, some of her acquaintances came to help and got the household items taken out. Along with the woman, those people who were seen taking out the goods in the video, which was shared on social media with a false claim, are also seen in this interview. Click here to watch that video

conclusion

A video of the fire in California is being shared on social media with the claim that people of a particular sect are looting. The Vigilant team investigated this claim and found that it is false. The people seen in the video are not looting, but are helping in taking out the goods to save them from the fire.