“Photo shows the Smokehouse Creek fire in Texas.”
Social media posts
Facebook post. Claim dated 27 Feb 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The photo was uploaded in 2017, in a feature about a fire in Gray County, Texas.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 February 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 February 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/krystal.leigh.nichols/posts/pfbid02nL7LNtD9r6sjgLRq8ULYwp6f1RLwQ…
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