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According to many Internet users, the American channel CNN would have broadcast images of a huge fire in Canada pretending that they had been filmed in Lviv, in western Ukraine.
CNN in flagrante delicto of bogus? According to many Internet users, the American channel would have broadcast images of a huge fire in Canada pretending that they had been filmed in Lviv, in western Ukraine.
The proof ? Some observers noted the presence of firefighters with jackets reading Edmonton, a Canadian city that is 7,800 kilometers from the Ukrainian city. ” All the credibility of the media in a single photo », comment, ironic, a twittos.
Except that these images, taken from a live broadcast by CNN on March 26, are indeed that of a fuel depot in the city of Lviv, near the Polish border, in flames after a bombardment.
From the images available on Google Street View and various visual elements from CNN live, Désintox was able to identify the position from which the channel’s reporter is speaking live. It is right next to the fuel depot, the explosion of which caused 5 injuries according to the mayor of the city.
As for the presence of Canadian firefighter uniforms, it is easily explained. On Facebook, the Canadian NGO Firefighter Aid Ukraine indicated that it is ” Ukrainian firefighters near Lviv wearing gear donated by Edmonton firefighters “.
To the Canadian channel CTV News, the NGO’s project director Kevin Royle explained that these firefighters were delivering equipment to Ukraine ” for nearly eight years “. They are also not the only ones to have provided equipment. In another CNN live, a firefighter can be seen walking by in German firefighter gear.
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