“IOCL warning informing people not to fill petrol or diesel in vehicles to the maximum limit”
What FACTLY found
IOCL did not issue any such warning message mentioning the risk of explosion due to the overfilling of petrol or diesel in vehicles. Denying these rumours spreading on social media, IOCL recently clarified that it is perfectly safe to fill fuel up to the maximum limit as specified by the manufacturer irrespective of winter or summer
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 8 April 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 11 April 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.