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CLAIMS
A fire broke out in a hospital in the Mahakumbh Mela area in which 8 people died.
FACT CHECK
BOOM found this claim to be false. The viral video is of a mock drill conducted by the Fire Service Department in a temporary hospital built in Prayagraj Mahakumbh Mela area on 27 December 2024.
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A video of the mock drill conducted by the Fire Service Department in Prayagraj Mahakumbh 2025 is going viral on social media with the claim that it is a real incident of fire. Users are claiming with this video that a fire broke out in a hospital in the Mahakumbh Mela area in which 8 people died.
BOOM found that the news of hospital fire and death of 8 people in Mahakumbh Mela area is completely false. The Uttar Pradesh Fire Service Department had conducted a mock drill on 27 December 2024 in a temporary hospital built in the Prayagraj Mahakumbh Mela area. This video is from the same mock drill.
one on x user While sharing this video, he wrote, ‘8 people injured in fire in Mahakumbh Mela area hospital.’
social media platform Facebook But this video is also viral with a similar claim.
fact check
BOOM investigated the claim and found that the video was of a mock drill conducted by Uttar Pradesh Fire Service at the fair ground. This video was shared by an ex-user named Nazneen Akhtar with a false claim. However later this user posted the video delete Had done.
Mahakumbh Mela Police of Uttar Pradesh in its official x In the reply to this video, the account said that this is a video of mock drill.
it @fireserviceup There is a video of the mock drill done by.
An FIR is being registered against you for spreading rumors based on misleading facts.— Kumbh Mela Police UP 2025 (@kumbhMelaPolUP) January 13, 2025
of Uttar Pradesh Police Fact Check Wing He also talked about registering an FIR and taking legal action against spreading rumors by claiming that the video of the mock drill is real.
#UPPFactCheck– In Kumbh Mela area @fireserviceup
Against those spreading rumors by claiming that the video of the mock drill conducted by the @kumbhMelaPolUP Legal action is being taken by registering FIR.
Please do not make any misleading posts on social media without verifying the facts. https://t.co/zO0CH5d3ai pic.twitter.com/PY4WAfIHDd— UPPOLICE FACT CHECK (@UPPViralCheck) January 13, 2025
Official of Fire and Emergency Service of Uttar Pradesh x It was told from the handle that this is a video of a mock drill conducted on 27 December 2024. One on 27th December 2024 on handle Post It was also told that a mock drill was organized in the premises of Police Line Maha Kumbh Mela, Prayagraj, Central Medical Parade, Sangam Nose, Nagavasuki area, Railway Station Prayagraj/Phaphamau.
This mock drill will be conducted in Dainik Bhaskar on 27th December 2024. news published Was done. According to the report, this mock drill was conducted in the 100-bed temporary central hospital built in the Maha Kumbh Mela area.
To fulfill the responsibilities of Uttar Pradesh Fire and Emergency Services Department in Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, today on 27.12.2024, under the chairmanship of DG Fire Service Shri Avinash Chandra, Vice Chancellor SDMA. (Uttar Pradesh) Lieutenant General Shri Yogendra Dimri and DIG NDRF pic.twitter.com/6BCCQ4djUQ
— Fire & Emergency Services Uttar Pradesh Police (@fireserviceup) December 27, 2024
Apart from this, we did not get any credible news of fire and death of anyone in Prayagraj Mahakumbh Mela area.
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