“This lady here applied sanitizer to her hands/forearms & went to the kitchen to cook. The moment she turned on the gas stove, her hands caught fire due to the alcohol contained in the sanitizer.”
Social media posts
in a Facebook post. Claim dated 23 Mar 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 23 March 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 April 2020, 11 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2652107768355189&set=a.1485300331702611&type=3&th…
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