Does This Video Show Fire Recently Breaking Out at Udhampur Airbase? No!

The video shows a fire breaking out at a chemical factory in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh.

Fact-Check | The video is from Rajasthan and not from Udhampur as claimed.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

A video of smoke billowing out from a building caught on fire is being shared on social media with a claim that it shows recent visuals from the Udhampur airbase in Jammu and Kashmir.

An archive of the claim can be found here.

(Source: X (formerly Twitter)/Screenshot)

This above post had gained over a million views on the platform at the time of writing this report. More archives of similar claims can be viewed here, here, and here.

What are the facts?: While the incident is recent, it is actually from Rajasthan's Hanumangarh, where a huge fire broke out at a chemical factory. This makes the claim false.

Hints in the viral video: On carefully analysing the video, we noticed that the fire truck carried text saying "Rajasthan". The truck's number plate carried the initials 'RJ' as well.

• Both these findings pointed towards the possibility of the incident being from Rajasthan.

The viral video carried several hints.

(Source: Viral video/Screenshot/Altered by The Quint)

News reports: We conducted a keyword search in Hindi with the words "राजस्थान आग" and came across a news report published in ETV Bharat.

• The report said that a fire had broken out in an acid factory in the industrial area of Hanumangarh.

• It mentioned that two workers lost their lives and one more individual is said to be trapped in the factory.

• The smoke had spread panic in the surrounding area. The report further mentioned that the fire was brought under control after several hours.

The report was published on 8 May.

(Source: ETV Bharat/Screenshot)

• NDTV Rajasthan shared a video report about the incident on their official YouTube channel on 8 May.

• Its title when translated to English said, "Chemical Factory Fire: One person died in a fire at a chemical factory | Hanumangarh Incident | Latest News."

PIB debunks the claim: The fact-checking wing of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) took to its X handle to clarify that the video was from Hanumangarh, Rajasthan.

• The post added that the Udhampur airbase remains operational.

Conclusion: It is evident that the video has no relation to the Udhampur airbase and is being shared with a false claim.

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