| schema:text
| - Fact Check: Viral video show supermarket fire in Birmingham, NOT a Hindu temple
Social media users uploaded a video falsely claiming that it shows a Hindu temple in Birmingham, England set on fire by Muslims during Navratri.
Listen to Story
India Today Fact Check
The viral video shows an accidental fire in a supermarket in Birmingham. The public brawl took place over a parking issue. The incident took place on September 19, days before Navratri began.
A video of a fire and a public brawl has gone viral along with the claim that a Hindu temple was set on fire by Muslims during Navratri in Birmingham, England. The video shows a fire erupting from a building and a group of people fighting on the street in front of it.
People shared the video on Facebook alongside captions like, “Birmingham temple burnt by Muslims during Navratri. Hindus beaten up. England police as Effective as Hindu Organisations in saving Hindus.”
AFWA found that the viral video is from an accidental fire in a supermarket in Birmingham. The brawl took place over parking issues.
AFWA Probe
We first looked for recent fires in Birmingham and found a BBC report from September 20 titled, “Birmingham shop fire: Dozens of firefighters tackle blaze.”
Per this report, a shop called Zeenat Supermarket in Alum Rock Road, Saltley, caught fire on September 19. “It is understood the fire was started accidentally, West Midlands Fire Service said,” it said. The same incident was also reported by the West Midlands Fire Service on its website.
The West Midlands Police Department also tweeted about the incident and debunked rumours about people setting fire to a Hindu temple.
Regarding the brawl, the West Midlands Police on Twitter wrote, “We believe the fight was connected to an issue with the parking of some cars and that it was an isolated incident.”
We tried to locate Zeenat Supermarket on Google Maps and found it on Alum Rock Road, Birmingham, beside another shop called “SM Vapes” which can be clearly seen on the viral video.
Since the incident took place on September 19, it predated Navratri, which began on September 26, this year. With all this evidence, we concluded that a simple incident of fire at a shop in Birmingham was shared with a false communal twist.
Please share it on our at 73 7000 7000
You can also send us an email at factcheck@intoday.com
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)