About: http://data.cimple.eu/claim-review/0c1b34af494cd8577cb465b4109875fb2deaa89273abf4469ff91c79

Facets (new session)
Description
Metadata
Settings
- owl:sameAs
- Inference Rule:

About: http://data.cimple.eu/claim-review/0c1b34af494cd8577cb465b4109875fb2deaa89273abf4469ff91c79 Goto Sponge Distinct Permalink

An Entity of Type : schema:ClaimReview, within Data Space : data.cimple.eu associated with source document(s)

Attributes	Values
rdf:type	schema:ClaimReview
http://data.cimple...lizedReviewRating	not verifiable
schema:url	http://www.snopes.com/fact-check/melted-traffic-light/
schema:text	In July 2023, Snopes received mail from readers asking if it was true that metal traffic lights had melted in various locations around the globe. The photo spread as a historic heat wave in the southern U.S. was expected to expand across the country, in addition to the first full week in July 2023 being the hottest global average temperature ever recorded. In addition to receiving reader mail, we found the claim on social media platforms, like Twitter and Facebook. The photo had been posted on Facebook since at least July 2022. The places where the photo was supposedly taken included Arizona, Texas, California, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.K. It's so hot ? in Texas even the traffic lights are melting. ? pic.twitter.com/XqpoKEYhvV — AlayaZBVegan (@AlayaZBVegan17) July 18, 2023 Record high temperatures have led to the temporary post-María plastic traffic lights "melting" in Cataño? Puerto Rico pic.twitter.com/yWmej91zoX — John McCarthy (@EducatedGuest93) June 7, 2023 We found the photo was from none of these locations. The photo showed a traffic light that melted as a result of a scooter fire in Italy in July 2022. Italian fact-checking organization Open wrote that the flames lapped the traffic light, partially melting it as a result. (The original story was published in Italian. We translated the story using Google Translate.) Open reported the scooter was confirmed to have caught fire by both the Milan fire brigade and local police. Local firefighters told the publication that the heat probably triggered the scooter catching fire, as it had just been filled with fuel. As the traffic light was melted by a scooter fire in Milan, not the air temperature in any of the various locations around the world named in social media posts, we rate the claim Miscaptioned.
schema:mentions	Google Translate Italian language Fact-checking Heat wave Snopes Traffic light Firefighter Milan Puerto Rico Arizona Italy Social media Texas California Florida Twitter United Kingdom Facebook Cataño, Puerto Rico Types of motorcycles John McCarthy (computer scientist)
schema:reviewRating	Miscaptioned
schema:author	snopescom
schema:datePublished	2023-07-24 (xsd:date)
schema:inLanguage	English
schema:itemReviewed	http://data.cimple.eu/claim/e8c82915728a63a7ada73e3d8d623c740a89b6758a7809234b04a0ec

Faceted Search & Find service v1.16.115 as of Oct 09 2023

Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE Content Formats:

RDF

ODATA

Microdata

About

OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3238 as of Jul 16 2024, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-musl), Single-Server Edition (126 GB total memory, 11 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2025 OpenLink Software