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Social media users claim that a video of live electric wire bursting into flames on a flooded road is from Bengaluru as the city came to standstill due to heavy rain.
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India Today Fact Check
The video is neither from Bengaluru nor from India at all. It’s from Vietnam’s Can Tho.
In Short
- Social media claims viral video of 'water on fire' in Bengaluru
- India Today fact-check reveals the video is from Vietnam
- Incident in Vietnam caused by lightning strike
Over the past few days, heavy rainfall in Bengaluru, Karnataka, has caused waterlogging and flooding in various parts of the city. Rescue boats have reportedly been deployed in the Silicon Valley of India to provide essential supplies.
Amid this, a video allegedly from Bengaluru is making rounds online. It shows a live electrical wire bursting into flames on a flooded road. An X user wrote, “Miracle in Bangalore. Water is on fire!” Its archive can be seen here.
India Today Fact Check found that the video is from Vietnam.
Our Probe
Many responded to the viral post claiming the video was not from Bengaluru but from Vietnam. A reverse search on the viral video’s keyframes led us to a post dated October 15, 2024. It read: “This is what happened when lightning struck a powerline causing it to fall into floodwater. Can Tho in Vietnam.”
Further searches led us to several news reports about this video from October 16. As per CafeF, a Vietnam-based news channel, the video is from October 14, when heavy rain lasting nearly two hours caused deep flooding in the streets of the central area of Can Tho City, causing power disruptions in many households.
During this time, a high-voltage electrical wire broke and fell onto a waterlogged road. Fearing danger from the sparking flames, many passers-by turned their vehicles away while many drove through nearby despite it getting bigger. A VietnamPlus report published on October 16 claimed the incident took place in the southern Vietnamese city of Can Tho.
We found several news reports saying there were heavy rains in Can Tho on October 14, after which streets were flooded, causing heavy traffic jams in the area.
Notably, several parts of Bengaluru are facing waterlogging due to heavy rains. We, however, could not find any news report detailing an incident like the one seen in the viral video.
(Written by Ashish Kumar)
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