{"id":300838,"date":"2025-06-20T20:13:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T14:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=300838"},"modified":"2025-06-20T20:13:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T14:43:28","slug":"media-outlets-link-visuals-of-chinese-fire-drill-from-2015-to-iranian-strikes-on-israeli-power-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-outlets-link-visuals-of-chinese-fire-drill-from-2015-to-iranian-strikes-on-israeli-power-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Media outlets link visuals of Chinese fire drill from 2015 to Iranian strikes on Israeli power station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amid the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, which began after Israel attacked Iranian nuclear sites on June 13, in which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2025\/06\/urgent-need-to-protect-civilians-amid-unprecedented-escalation-in-hostilities-between-israel-and-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several civilians were killed,<\/a> a video of a huge explosion in what looks like a power plant has gone viral. Social media users sharing the video claimed it is from Israel and that oil refineries in the port city of Haifa were blown up Iranian missiles.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-300838-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/video.twimg.com\/ext_tw_video\/1935271992120258560\/pu\/vid\/avc1\/720x1280\/MUxmqkk70u69zb68.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/video.twimg.com\/ext_tw_video\/1935271992120258560\/pu\/vid\/avc1\/720x1280\/MUxmqkk70u69zb68.mp4\">https:\/\/video.twimg.com\/ext_tw_video\/1935271992120258560\/pu\/vid\/avc1\/720x1280\/MUxmqkk70u69zb68.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>News outlets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abplive.com\/trending\/iran-attacked-israel-power-station-with-a-missile-alleged-video-is-going-viral-on-social-media-2963948\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABP News Hindi<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inkhabar.com\/world\/iran-israel-war-iran-attacked-israeli-power-station-with-missile-alleged-video-goes-viral-on-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">InKhabar<\/a> used screengrabs from the viral video in their reports on Iran firing hypersonic missiles on Israel&#8217;s power station. (Archived links: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/6OnvO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/6OnvO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-300838 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><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\/media-outlets-link-visuals-of-chinese-fire-drill-from-2015-to-iranian-strikes-on-israeli-power-station\/screenshot_29-6\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1396\" height=\"888\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_29-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_29-1.jpg 1396w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_29-1-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_29-1-1024x651.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_29-1-768x489.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1396px) 100vw, 1396px\" \/><\/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\/media-outlets-link-visuals-of-chinese-fire-drill-from-2015-to-iranian-strikes-on-israeli-power-station\/screenshot_27-5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1507\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_27-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_27-1.jpg 1507w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_27-1-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_27-1-1024x604.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_27-1-768x453.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1507px) 100vw, 1507px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>X user <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Niharik43914213\/status\/1935272066015465720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Niharik43914213<\/a>\u00a0posted the viral video on June 18, with a Hindi caption that Iran blew up an oil refinery. When this article was written, the post had accumulated more than 200,000 views and was amplified widely. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/hb72r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-300947 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-20-at-16.19.45.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-20-at-16.19.45.jpg 776w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-20-at-16.19.45-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-20-at-16.19.45-760x1024.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-20-at-16.19.45-768x1035.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another X user, <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SilentlySirs\/status\/1934698258661519832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@SilentlySirs<\/a>. posted the viral video, claiming it showed the destruction of the Bazan Oil Refinery in Israel&#8217;s Haifa. This has also seen massive traction, with close to 500,000 views at the time of this article being written. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/uPF2T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-300949 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-20-at-16.20.56.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-20-at-16.20.56.jpg 776w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-20-at-16.20.56-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-20-at-16.20.56-768x996.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The same video was shared with similar claims across X by several other users, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AuctionMirza\/status\/1934699500297449483\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">@AuctionMirza<\/span><\/a>, <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AAPka_Manojk\/status\/1935055153142378711\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@AAPka_Manojk<\/a>, <\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AhsanPti786\/status\/1934746168992649679\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@AhsanPti786<\/a>, and others. (<\/span>Archived links: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/aiWmt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/0mIvR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/nrKyK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-300838 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><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\/media-outlets-link-visuals-of-chinese-fire-drill-from-2015-to-iranian-strikes-on-israeli-power-station\/screenshot_26-7\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"544\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_26-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_26-1.jpg 544w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_26-1-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/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\/media-outlets-link-visuals-of-chinese-fire-drill-from-2015-to-iranian-strikes-on-israeli-power-station\/screenshot_25-5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"817\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_25-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_25-1.jpg 546w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_25-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/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\/media-outlets-link-visuals-of-chinese-fire-drill-from-2015-to-iranian-strikes-on-israeli-power-station\/screenshot_24-5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"544\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_24-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_24-1.jpg 544w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_24-1-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>First, we checked to see if the Bazan oil refinery had been destroyed by Iranian missiles in the ongoing conflict, as claims on social media suggested.<\/p>\n<p>A Reuters report from June 17 said that the Bazan group shut down all refineries after one of its power stations was hit in Iranian attacks\u00a0on June 16.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-300878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_40.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1617\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_40.jpg 1617w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_40-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_40-1024x537.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_40-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_40-1536x806.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1617px) 100vw, 1617px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To verify whether the viral video corresponds to the same attack, we broke it down into key frames, and ran a reverse image search on some of them. This led us to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N-0X6pSLs-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N-0X6pSLs-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video\u00a0<\/a>uploaded<\/span>\u00a0on November 19, 2015. The viral clip appears around the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/N-0X6pSLs-s?si=wmLMPIav23h8tsuM&amp;t=25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">00:25-minute<\/a> timestamp.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N-0X6pSLs-s?si=q5YwEF9rutjhEi0V&amp;start=25]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Taking cue from the caption of the YouTube video, which said &#8220;Chinese chemical plant explosion,&#8221; keyword search led us to <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/te9jk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a post<\/a> on Weibo\u2014a Chinese social media platform\u2014by the Sichuan Fire Department, from November 13, 2015.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-300879\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"761\" height=\"785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_39.jpg 761w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_39-291x300.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Based on this, we gathered that the visuals are from a drill carried out by the Sichuan fire department on November 12, 2015, and they match the structures seen in the viral video. Below is a comparison.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-300880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-from-viral-video-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1182\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-from-viral-video-5.jpg 1182w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-from-viral-video-5-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-from-viral-video-5-1024x608.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-from-viral-video-5-768x456.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1182px) 100vw, 1182px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was also <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/5HHCT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> by a Chinese news website on November 12, 2015. Below are screenshots translated in English.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-300838 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><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\/media-outlets-link-visuals-of-chinese-fire-drill-from-2015-to-iranian-strikes-on-israeli-power-station\/whatsapp-image-2025-06-20-at-17-09-11\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1532\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-20-at-17.09.11.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-20-at-17.09.11.jpeg 1532w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-20-at-17.09.11-287x300.jpeg 287w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-20-at-17.09.11-980x1024.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-20-at-17.09.11-768x802.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-20-at-17.09.11-1471x1536.jpeg 1471w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1532px) 100vw, 1532px\" \/><\/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\/media-outlets-link-visuals-of-chinese-fire-drill-from-2015-to-iranian-strikes-on-israeli-power-station\/screenshot-2025-06-20-at-17-19-49\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1446\" height=\"1356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-20-at-17.19.49.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-20-at-17.19.49.jpg 1446w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-20-at-17.19.49-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-20-at-17.19.49-1024x960.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-20-at-17.19.49-768x720.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1446px) 100vw, 1446px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, a video from 2015, showing a fire drill in the Sichuan province of China, has been amplified by social media users with false claims that it shows oil refineries in Israel being hit by Iranian missiles. Even ABP Hindi and InKhabar used visuals from the Chinese drill in their stories on an Israeli power station being hit by Iranian strikes. While a power station attached to an oil refining group (Bazan) was hit in the strikes, the video is unrelated to the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, which began after Israel attacked Iranian nuclear sites on June 13, in which several civilians were killed, a video of a huge explosion in what looks like a power plant has gone viral. 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