“Visuals showing explosion of an electric car while charging”
Social media posts
Claim dated 29 Mar 2023.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The visuals show an explosion of a car due to the gas cylinder fitted in the car. The incident took place earlier on 26 February 2023 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Multiple news agencies and Uzbekistan’s emergency department acknowledged that the explosion was due to gas cylinder
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 29 March 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 3 April 2023, 5 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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