{"id":49876,"date":"2019-10-30T20:05:35","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T14:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=49876"},"modified":"2019-10-31T16:33:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T11:03:28","slug":"ani-shares-old-video-of-firecracker-explosion-in-maharashtra-as-telangana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/ani-shares-old-video-of-firecracker-explosion-in-maharashtra-as-telangana\/","title":{"rendered":"ANI shares old video of firecracker explosion in Maharashtra as Telangana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On October 28, news agency <em>ANI<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1188571619414990849\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> a video of firecracker shops engulfed in flames supposedly at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in Khammam, Telangana. The tweet informed that there were no injuries or casualties.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49882\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-16_53_58-ANIs-tweet-_WATCH-Firecracker-stalls-set-up-at-Sardar-Vallabhbhai-Patel-stad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-16_53_58-ANIs-tweet-_WATCH-Firecracker-stalls-set-up-at-Sardar-Vallabhbhai-Patel-stad.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-16_53_58-ANIs-tweet-_WATCH-Firecracker-stalls-set-up-at-Sardar-Vallabhbhai-Patel-stad-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-16_53_58-ANIs-tweet-_WATCH-Firecracker-stalls-set-up-at-Sardar-Vallabhbhai-Patel-stad-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=%E0%B0%88%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%81%20%E0%B0%96%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%82%20%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%A3%E0%B0%82%20%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%20%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%8D%20%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%20%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%82%20%E0%B0%8E%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D.%E0%B0%86%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D.%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%8D.%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BF.%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%BF.%E0%B0%8E%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D.%E0%B0%86%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%20%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%8D%20%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%A3%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8B%20%E0%B0%8F%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%81%20%E0%B0%9A%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8%20%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%B3%E0%B0%BF%20%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%20%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%81%20%E0%B0%9A%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%BF%20%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%20%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF.&amp;epa=SERP_TAB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%B0%88%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%81%20%E0%B0%96%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%82%20%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%A3%E0%B0%82%20%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%20%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%8D%20%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%20%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%82%20%E0%B0%8E%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D.%E0%B0%86%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D.%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%8D.%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BF.%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%BF.%E0%B0%8E%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D.%E0%B0%86%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%20%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%8D%20%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%A3%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8B%20%E0%B0%8F%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%81%20%E0%B0%9A%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8%20%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%B3%E0%B0%BF%20%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%20%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%81%20%E0%B0%9A%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%BF%20%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%20%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF.&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> users have posted the same video with an identical claim in Telugu, <em>&#8220;\u0c08\u0c30\u0c4b\u0c1c\u0c41 \u0c16\u0c2e\u0c4d\u0c2e\u0c02 \u0c2a\u0c1f\u0c4d\u0c1f\u0c23\u0c02 \u0c38\u0c30\u0c4d\u0c26\u0c3e\u0c30\u0c4d \u0c35\u0c32\u0c4d\u0c32\u0c2d\u0c3e\u0c2f\u0c4d \u0c2a\u0c1f\u0c47\u0c32\u0c4d \u0c38\u0c4d\u0c1f\u0c47\u0c21\u0c3f\u0c2f\u0c02 \u0c0e\u0c38\u0c4d.\u0c06\u0c30\u0c4d.\u0c05\u0c02\u0c21\u0c4d.\u0c2c\u0c3f.\u0c1c\u0c3f.\u0c0e\u0c28\u0c4d.\u0c06\u0c30\u0c4d \u0c15\u0c3e\u0c32\u0c47\u0c1c\u0c4d \u0c2a\u0c4d\u0c30\u0c3e\u0c02\u0c17\u0c23\u0c02\u0c32\u0c4b \u0c0f\u0c30\u0c4d\u0c2a\u0c3e\u0c1f\u0c41 \u0c1a\u0c47\u0c38\u0c3f\u0c28 \u0c26\u0c40\u0c2a\u0c3e\u0c35\u0c33\u0c3f \u0c38\u0c4d\u0c1f\u0c3e\u0c32\u0c4d\u0c38\u0c4d \u0c28\u0c3f\u0c2a\u0c4d\u0c2a\u0c41\u0c30\u0c35\u0c4d\u0c35\u0c32\u0c41 \u0c1a\u0c46\u0c32\u0c30\u0c47\u0c17\u0c3f \u0c24\u0c17\u0c32\u0c2c\u0c21\u0c3f \u0c2a\u0c4b\u0c2f\u0c3f\u0c28\u0c35\u0c3f&#8221; <\/em>Twitter handle Bharat Johnny was one of the earliest to post the video on October 27, a day before <em>ANI<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"te\">\u0c08\u0c30\u0c4b\u0c1c\u0c41 \u0c16\u0c2e\u0c4d\u0c2e\u0c02 \u0c2a\u0c1f\u0c4d\u0c1f\u0c23\u0c02 \u0c38\u0c30\u0c4d\u0c26\u0c3e\u0c30\u0c4d \u0c35\u0c32\u0c4d\u0c32\u0c2d\u0c3e\u0c2f\u0c4d \u0c2a\u0c1f\u0c47\u0c32\u0c4d \u0c38\u0c4d\u0c1f\u0c47\u0c21\u0c3f\u0c2f\u0c02 \u0c0e\u0c38\u0c4d.\u0c06\u0c30\u0c4d.\u0c05\u0c02\u0c21\u0c4d.\u0c2c\u0c3f.\u0c1c\u0c3f.\u0c0e\u0c28\u0c4d.\u0c06\u0c30\u0c4d \u0c15\u0c3e\u0c32\u0c47\u0c1c\u0c4d \u0c2a\u0c4d\u0c30\u0c3e\u0c02\u0c17\u0c23\u0c02\u0c32\u0c4b \u0c0f\u0c30\u0c4d\u0c2a\u0c3e\u0c1f\u0c41 \u0c1a\u0c47\u0c38\u0c3f\u0c28 \u0c26\u0c40\u0c2a\u0c3e\u0c35\u0c33\u0c3f \u0c38\u0c4d\u0c1f\u0c3e\u0c32\u0c4d\u0c38\u0c4d \u0c28\u0c3f\u0c2a\u0c4d\u0c2a\u0c41\u0c30\u0c35\u0c4d\u0c35\u0c32\u0c41 \u0c1a\u0c46\u0c32\u0c30\u0c47\u0c17\u0c3f \u0c24\u0c17\u0c32\u0c2c\u0c21\u0c3f \u0c2a\u0c4b\u0c2f\u0c3f\u0c28\u0c35\u0c3f.<br \/>\nSource:wa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1EzcgNPdsS\">pic.twitter.com\/1EzcgNPdsS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bharat johnny (@Bharatjohnny_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bharatjohnny_\/status\/1188477222400606208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Fact-check<\/h2>\n<p>With a keyword search on Google, Alt News found that the video is at least three years old and is from Aurangabad, Maharastra. YouTube Channel <em>Mango News<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ipUj0AO7mfk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">uploaded<\/a> the video with the description, <em>&#8220;Watch Exclusive Visuals of all crackers shop explode at a time in Aurangabad, In the visuals, it is seen that the reason might be the negligence of the officials or a Short Circuit.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All Cracker Shops explode In Aurangabad | Exclusive Visuals | Mango News\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ipUj0AO7mfk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Several mainstream media outlets including <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/792304133038493696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>ANI<\/em><\/a> reported on the incident on October 29, 2016. We found the same video published by UK&#8217;s <em>Daily Mail.<\/em> <em>&#8220;The fire ripped through 200 shops and stalls in this devastating footage. Thousands of firecrackers are heard shooting into the air as the blaze grows in size in Aurangabad, central India,&#8221;<\/em> stated the report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3898274\/Huge-blaze-engulfs-Indian-fireworks-market-customers-flee-cover-thousands-firecrackers-just-day-Diwali.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published<\/a> on November 2, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>ANI apologised for the error and, <em>&#8220;Upon further review, this video was an old story which was played out yesterday, therefore we retract it.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>However, the clarification was later deleted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49908\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-16_53_11-ANI-on-Twitter_-_RETRACTION_-Upon-further-review-this-video-was-an-old-story-wh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-16_53_11-ANI-on-Twitter_-_RETRACTION_-Upon-further-review-this-video-was-an-old-story-wh.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-16_53_11-ANI-on-Twitter_-_RETRACTION_-Upon-further-review-this-video-was-an-old-story-wh-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A three-year-old video of firecracker shops gutted in fire in Aurangabad, Maharastra was being shared on social media as a recent incident from Khammam, Telangana.<em> ANI<\/em> had also tweeted the same video. However, both the tweet and the retraction now remain deleted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 28, news agency ANI tweeted a video of firecracker shops engulfed in flames supposedly at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in Khammam, Telangana. The tweet informed that there were no injuries or casualties. Several Facebook and Twitter users have posted the same video with an identical claim in Telugu, &#8220;\u0c08\u0c30\u0c4b\u0c1c\u0c41 \u0c16\u0c2e\u0c4d\u0c2e\u0c02 \u0c2a\u0c1f\u0c4d\u0c1f\u0c23\u0c02 \u0c38\u0c30\u0c4d\u0c26\u0c3e\u0c30\u0c4d \u0c35\u0c32\u0c4d\u0c32\u0c2d\u0c3e\u0c2f\u0c4d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":49943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[152],"class_list":["post-49876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/ANI.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49876"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50022,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49876\/revisions\/50022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49876"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=49876"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=49876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}