Video Of Fire In China Falsely Shared As Iran's Attack On Israel

Claim

On June 17, 2025, Republic Bangla aired a video showing thick black smoke rising from a massive street fire, accompanied by a breaking news report claiming that Iran had launched a missile strike on the headquarters of Israel's intelligence agency, Mossad.

We also found the video circulating on X.

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What we found

1. Video of the fire is from Chongqing, China.

BOOM ran a reverse image search using keyframes of the viral video and found a post by Sputnik Arabic from June 11, 2025. The caption of the post states that a bike exploded in a parking lot of electric bikes in Chongqing, China, causing a fire.

2. News reports on the fire in Chongqing, China

According to a BBC report carrying footage similar to the viral video, a major fire occurred at a motorcycle parking lot in Chongqing, Southwest China, on June 11, 2025. A side-by-side comparison is provided below.

Similarly, Chinese state media CGTN reported that the fire began at 1:12 p.m. local time and was fully extinguished within 21 minutes, with no casualties reported.

We also found a Reuters video report covering the incident.