{"id":63420,"date":"2020-04-07T20:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=63420"},"modified":"2020-04-07T20:37:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T15:07:00","slug":"video-from-feb-misrepresented-as-fire-near-solapur-airport-after-pms-9pm-9min-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-feb-misrepresented-as-fire-near-solapur-airport-after-pms-9pm-9min-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Video from Feb misrepresented as fire near Solapur airport after PM’s 9pm-9min event"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the nation observed \u20189PM-9Minute\u2019 blackout on April 5 after Prime Minister Modi’s appeal, fire-crackers were lighted across India, resembling a mini-Diwali. Soon after, videos and images were shared claiming fires broke out in several areas. A report<\/a> also emerged from Maharastra\u2019s Solapur that dry grass on the airside of the city airport caught fire.<\/p>\n

Later at night, social media users began sharing a video supposedly of the fire incident. TV9 Marathi<\/em><\/a> broadcasted the visual on April 5 claiming that it depicts the fire at Solapur airport. The channel has now taken down their broadcast video from YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Massive fire at solapur airport due to firecrackers.<\/p>\n

Gid please save this world from andhbhakt pic.twitter.com\/zYpmJ0iP0U<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Maaz patel (@maaz_patel1) April 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

News 18’s<\/em> Marathi channel Lokmat<\/em> correspondent Sagar Surawase tweeted<\/a> the video with the same claim. Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair had retweeted Surawase’s tweet but undid the same clarifying<\/a> that the clip is old.<\/p>\n

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\u2014 sagar surawase (@sagarsurawase) April 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai and Congress’s Srivatsa were among the prominent individuals who claimed that a fire broke out in Solapur but later took down their tweets.<\/p>\n

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Fact-check<\/h4>\n

A fire indeed broke out near the Solapur airport after PM Modi’s 9pm-9minute event. According to The Hindu<\/em><\/a>, “Dry grass along the airside of Solapur airport caught fire on Sunday night. The blaze is believed to have been caused by firecrackers in the vicinity.” However, the video tweeted by several individuals is old and unrelated to the recent incident. With a keyword search on YouTube, we found an ABP Majha<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>broadcast from February 3, 2020, which carried the same video.<\/p>\n