This Video Doesn’t Show Bus Escaping Landslide in Himachal Pradesh

Neither is this video recent nor is it related to Himachal Pradesh.

Fact-Check | The video is old and is unrelated to Himachal Pradesh.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

A video of a bus crossing a narrow path during a landslide is being circulated on social media platforms with a claim that it shows a recent incident from Himachal Pradesh's Chamba.

An archive of the post can be found here.

(Source: Instagram/Screenshot)

(More archives of similar such claims could be found here and here.)

What is the truth?: The video actually dates back to May 2024 and shows a truck narrowly escaping a landslide in Indonesia's Padang City. It has no connection with Himachal Pradesh.

How did we find that out?: Team WebQoof performed a simple Google Lens search on the keyframes of the viral clip and found similar visuals posted on a YouTube channel called '@weathernetwork'.

• It was uploaded on 20 May 2024 with a title that said, "Truck escapes #landslide after prolonged heavy #rainfall in #Indonesia."

Other sources: Next, we found a news report published by KompasTV that said a truck nearly escaped a landslide while travelling in Padang City, West Sumatra in Indonesia.

• The route was closed for more than hours due to the landslide.

• The official YouTube channel of tvOneNews published similar visuals on 17 May 2024 with a title when translated to English said, "Horrifying! This is the Moment a Truck Nearly Was Buried in a Landslide in Padang | AKIM tvOne."

Conclusion: It is evident that the viral video is old and unrelated to Himachal Pradesh.

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