{"id":297495,"date":"2025-04-28T15:28:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T09:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=297495"},"modified":"2025-04-29T10:19:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T04:49:02","slug":"fire-at-lahore-airport-abp-news18-financial-express-others-publish-reports-based-on-video-from-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fire-at-lahore-airport-abp-news18-financial-express-others-publish-reports-based-on-video-from-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire at Lahore airport? ABP, News18, Financial Express, others publish reports based on video from 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/WZp83\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> showing plumes of smoke coming out of vents in the ceiling in a crowded indoor place was widely shared on social media with claims that a fire had broken out at Allama Iqbal International Airport, also known as Lahore International Airport, in Pakistan, on April 26, 2025. Several major news outlets, such as ABP News and Financial Express, also published reports on the incident based on these claims. While there was no apparent link with the recent terror attack in Pahalgam, news outlets and social media users both mentioned the Kashmir incident while sharing details on the airport fire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.abplive.com\/news\/world\/massive-fire-breaks-out-at-lahore-international-airport-all-flights-cancelled-video-1768019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABP News&#8217;<\/a> report said that a fire at the Lahore International Airport resulted in all flights being cancelled. \u201cAccording to sources, a Pakistan Army plane was landing at the Lahore airport when one of its tyre caught fire. Fire engines were called at the spot to control the fire. Due to the incident, the runway has been temporarily closed,\u201d\u00a0the report said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The fire incident was also reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/hindi.news18.com\/news\/world\/pakistan-lahore-airport-fire-all-flights-canceled-passengers-stranded-pakistan-news-hindi-ws-l-9202111.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News18<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/world-news\/massive-fire-erupts-at-lahores-allama-iqbal-airport-flights-canceled\/3823260\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Financial Express<\/a>. News18&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/hindi.news18.com\/news\/world\/pakistan-lahore-airport-fire-all-flights-canceled-passengers-stranded-pakistan-news-hindi-ws-l-9202111.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report said<\/a>, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The fire was so terrible that the entire airport system came to a standstill. All flights were canceled, and hundreds of passengers were stranded&#8230; Pakistan, which is already struggling with the crisis of terrorism and poverty, has now got a new problem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile, the Financial Express <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/world-news\/massive-fire-erupts-at-lahores-allama-iqbal-airport-flights-canceled\/3823260\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that people present at the airport were clearly struggling due to the smoke, adding that there were no confirmed reports of casualties or significant structural damage. The outlet also highlighted that this was not an isolated incident: \u201cThere have been previous reports of fires at the airport, highlighting the country\u2019s poor infrastructure and disregard for security standards. On May 9th last year, a short circuit caused a fire in the ceiling of the immigration counter at Lahore Airport, which disrupted the entire immigration system at the airport.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/english.jagran.com\/world\/lahore-airport-fire-massive-blaze-forces-flight-cancellations-and-runway-closure-10233098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jagran also published a similar report.<\/a> Screenshots of these reports are below:<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-297495 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fire-at-lahore-airport-abp-news18-financial-express-others-publish-reports-based-on-video-from-2024\/pak-airport-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/pAK-AIRPORT-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/pAK-AIRPORT-1.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/pAK-AIRPORT-1-300x248.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fire-at-lahore-airport-abp-news18-financial-express-others-publish-reports-based-on-video-from-2024\/pak-airport-9\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/pak-airport-9.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/pak-airport-9.png 511w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/pak-airport-9-260x300.png 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fire-at-lahore-airport-abp-news18-financial-express-others-publish-reports-based-on-video-from-2024\/whatsapp-image-2025-04-28-at-1-56-37-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-28-at-1.56.37-PM-1024x995.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-28-at-1.56.37-PM-1024x995.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-28-at-1.56.37-PM-300x291.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-28-at-1.56.37-PM-768x746.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-28-at-1.56.37-PM.jpeg 1042w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fire-at-lahore-airport-abp-news18-financial-express-others-publish-reports-based-on-video-from-2024\/whatsapp-image-2025-04-28-at-1-54-25-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"677\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-28-at-1.54.25-PM-677x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-28-at-1.54.25-PM-677x1024.jpeg 677w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-28-at-1.54.25-PM-198x300.jpeg 198w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-28-at-1.54.25-PM-768x1161.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-28-at-1.54.25-PM-1016x1536.jpeg 1016w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-28-at-1.54.25-PM.jpeg 1058w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile, an article published by <a href=\"https:\/\/kalingatv.com\/world\/massive-fire-breaks-out-in-lahore-international-airport-all-flights-cancelled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kalinga TV<\/a>\u00a0said, &#8220;The rescue team doused the fire after relentless efforts&#8221;. Another publication, <a href=\"https:\/\/organiser.org\/2025\/04\/26\/289184\/world\/pakistan-massive-fire-grounds-flights-at-lahore-airport-14-soldiers-reportedly-dead-in-this-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Organiser, <\/a>wrote: &#8220;<\/span>While the situation appeared alarming, there have been no immediate reports of injuries or substantial damage beyond the affected area on the runway.&#8221; Mint and Lokmat also filed similar reports. Screenshots below:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-297495 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fire-at-lahore-airport-abp-news18-financial-express-others-publish-reports-based-on-video-from-2024\/pak-airport-8\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/pak-airport-8.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/pak-airport-8.png 701w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/pak-airport-8-300x234.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fire-at-lahore-airport-abp-news18-financial-express-others-publish-reports-based-on-video-from-2024\/pak-airport-5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"939\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/PAK-AIRPORT-5.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/PAK-AIRPORT-5.png 939w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/PAK-AIRPORT-5-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/PAK-AIRPORT-5-768x219.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fire-at-lahore-airport-abp-news18-financial-express-others-publish-reports-based-on-video-from-2024\/pak-airport-mint\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/pak-airport-mint.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/pak-airport-mint.png 710w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/pak-airport-mint-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fire-at-lahore-airport-abp-news18-financial-express-others-publish-reports-based-on-video-from-2024\/pak-airport-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"554\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/pAK-AIRPORT-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/pAK-AIRPORT-3.jpg 554w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/pAK-AIRPORT-3-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/pAK-AIRPORT-3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fire-at-lahore-airport-abp-news18-financial-express-others-publish-reports-based-on-video-from-2024\/pak-airport-6\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"689\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/pAK-AIRPORT-6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/pAK-AIRPORT-6.jpg 689w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/pAK-AIRPORT-6-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Readers must note that all of these reports, even those that cited &#8220;sources&#8221;, embedded a now-deleted X post. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/WZp83\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-297529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/pak-ss.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/pak-ss.jpg 428w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/pak-ss-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among social media users, X account <\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">@<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealBababanaras\/status\/1916027763053732161?t=UhpbEw8KNP0Yy1-4ujPC8g&amp;s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RealBababanaras<\/a> shared<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the purported video, claiming that a fire broke out at the Lahore airport &#8220;after a missile battery of Air Defence System exploded during installation. 14 Pakistani soldiers died due to this incident.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/LFzTR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore , Pakistan is burning after a missile battery of Air Defence System exploded during installation. 14 Pakistani soldiers died due to this incident. All Services have been suspended at Lahore airport &amp; Pakistan Army has taken control. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yEDzymJ1Uw\">pic.twitter.com\/yEDzymJ1Uw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Baba Banaras\u2122 (@RealBababanaras) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealBababanaras\/status\/1916027763053732161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MeghUpdates (<\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">@MeghUpdates) also amplified the claim with<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> screenshots from a news flash of the incident by ABP News. (Archive)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING NEWS<\/p>\n<p>A fire has broken out at Lahore airport. All flights from the airport have been CANCELLED. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YNwRFdaGIP\">pic.twitter.com\/YNwRFdaGIP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Megh Updates \ud83d\udea8\u2122 (@MeghUpdates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeghUpdates\/status\/1915994416705134977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other accounts, such as Kabul Frontline (<\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">@<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KabulFrontline\/status\/1916054763772260791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KabulFrontline<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) and Rakesh Krishnan Simha (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ByRakeshSimha\">@ByRakeshSimha<\/a>), also shared the clip and made similar claims.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING NEWS:<\/p>\n<p>Massive fire at Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore, Pakistan after a missile battery of the Air Defence System exploded during installation.<\/p>\n<p>Reports confirm that 14 Pakistani soldiers have died in the incident. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QdEm6lAiSb\">pic.twitter.com\/QdEm6lAiSb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kabul Frontline (@KabulFrontline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KabulFrontline\/status\/1916054763772260791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lahore airport burning. All flights cancelled. Instant karma. Raa? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DpK6NuGrnL\">pic.twitter.com\/DpK6NuGrnL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rakesh Krishnan Simha (@ByRakeshSimha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByRakeshSimha\/status\/1916088012993188258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The claim was reiterated by several others on X, including @<a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/fS1nB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MumbaichaDon<\/a>, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@<a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/Byf4O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ssaratht<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/seriousfunnyguy\/status\/1916006499475705896?t=feAyZqDB3mNLQ4fa_Hs5EA&amp;s=08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seriousfunnyguy<\/a>, @<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SaffronSunanda\/status\/1916021942064230736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SaffronSunanda.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Fact Check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We conducted multiple keyword searches to find news reports from local media in Pakistan on the incident, <\/span>but found none from April 26. However, Alt News came across several news reports from May 9, 2024 on a similar incident.<\/p>\n<p>Among these was one by <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pakistan-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/latest\/543279-flight-operations-at-lahore-airport-resumed-after-fire-incident-at-immigration-section\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geo News.<\/a> The report, citing airport authorities, said a fire broke out in the airport&#8217;s departure lounge in the morning and was eventually doused after some efforts. Earlier that day, a short circuit in the ceiling of the immigration counters had sparked the initial fire, it said, adding that while the fire was brought under control, thick smoke caused continued disruptions to flight operations, affecting the airport\u2019s immigration systems. The incident had partly disrupted operational flights for Hajj. Another Pakistani news outlet, Dawn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1832604\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">had also reported on the incident<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While investigating, we also came across a video uploaded on the YouTube channel of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/omwZ0zdRZGo?si=39fSnUswxnjPsXwu&amp;t=117\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CNN News18<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from May 9, 2024. From the 01:57-minute mark onwards, a similar video but from a slightly different angle is visible. The anchors explain that thick smoke was billowing from the ceiling of the immigration counter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=omwZ0zdRZGo?si=ZJikRWqAJG1U77RM&amp;start=117]<\/p>\n<p>While looking for footage from May 9, 2024, we also found a compilation on the fire shared by the X account<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OsintTV\/status\/1788510445059383329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> @OsintTV<\/a>. The part now viral appears at the 00:47-minute mark.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 Report \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf0 \ud83d\udd25 \ud83d\udeeb :<\/p>\n<p>Huge fire reported at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lahore?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lahore<\/a> Allama Iqbal airport destroys entire immigration system<\/p>\n<p>Airport officials said it would take time for the smoke to clear.<\/p>\n<p>All the international flights inbound to Lahore were rerouted to alternate airports across the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sfNtiq2Vbr\">pic.twitter.com\/sfNtiq2Vbr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OsintTV \ud83d\udcfa (@OsintTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OsintTV\/status\/1788510445059383329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Below, we have also compared frames from OsintTV&#8217;s video (on the left) and the viral footage (on the right).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-297547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/Heading-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/Heading-7.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/Heading-7-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/Heading-7-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/Heading-7-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These findings made it amply clear that the recently circulated video, reported by news outlets, actually refers to last year&#8217;s fire incident.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, on April 27, a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/gulfnews.com\/business\/aviation\/fake-news-fire-at-the-lahore-international-airport-know-the-truth-1.500107309\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gulf News<\/a> said that the Pakistan Airport Authority (PAA) denied reports that a fire broke out at Lahore&#8217;s Allama Iqbal International airport on April 26 as claimed on social media. &#8220;There has been no incident of fire or any other unpleasant occurrence at the airport on Saturday (April 26),&#8221; a PAA spokesperson told the publication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"289\" data-end=\"636\">To sum up, claims that a fire took place at Lahore International Airport on April 26, allegedly because a tyre of a Pakistan Army plane caught fire during landing are false and misleading. The last reported fire incident at the Lahore airport was in May last year, caused by a short circuit. The video clip being circulated online is over a year old and media outlets also amplified misinformation rampant on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video showing plumes of smoke coming out of vents in the ceiling in a crowded indoor place was widely shared on social media with claims that a fire had broken out at Allama Iqbal International Airport, also known as Lahore International Airport, in Pakistan, on April 26, 2025. 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