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Liputan6.com, Jakarta- Information about natural disasters often appears on social networks, which of course provokes various responses. However, it is best not to immediately believe this news until it is confirmed to be true.
Fact-checking Liputan6.com also uncovered a number of hoaxes about natural disasters, from wildfires to earthquakes. We must be wary of the existence of false information because it can be misleading.
The following is a collection of natural disaster engineering hoaxes.
Video of helicopters starting forest fires in Canada
Liputan6.com Fact Check found video claims that helicopters started wildfires in Canada. This information was posted online by a Facebook account on June 9, 2023.
The post claiming video of a helicopter starting a forest fire in Canada shows a helicopter flying while dropping fire on the trees below.
In the video there is the following text.
“Helicopters start a fire in Canada!
Why are they burning Canada? »
In the video, there is a narrative as follows.
“so apparently what we have here is an amateur drone coming from Canada in a restricted area where people weren’t allowed to enter. Someone aimed a drone in there and what you can see, it It’s a helicopter circling around.
it looks like it’s an international fire over there in Canada
There are nearly 150 individual wildfires underway in Canada as we speak.”
Is the video claim that helicopters are starting forest fires in Canada true? Check out the Liputan6.com Fact Check search results on the next page….
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