“A viral captioned post reads “BREAKING NEWS Just hours ago, a tremendous fire broke out in… See more”, accompanied by images of the fire incident.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 28 Aug 2025.
Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka rated thisMisleading
In short
This claim spread on social media around 28 August 2025. Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka) looked into it and published its finding on 18 September 2025, 21 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://www.awesomescreenshot.com/video/44351212?key=b3926e5eeec71ca2f0e3a560d306b6e0
Links recorded by Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.