{"id":10104,"date":"2021-11-18T10:14:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T09:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=10104"},"modified":"2021-11-18T10:14:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T09:14:21","slug":"viral-video-of-another-fuel-spill-dated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/viral-video-of-another-fuel-spill-dated\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral Video of Another Fuel Spill Dated!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim: A viral video was shared on\u00a0 WhatsApp and Youtube purporting to be another fuel spill following the November 5 tanker explosion at Wellington in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The video showed people rushing to collect the spilling liquid.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even though the incident did happen, the video was recycled and shared for dramatic or sensational effect. Dubawa found that the incident in the video happened in May this year.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Text<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Following the fuel tank explosion in Freetown on 5th November 2021, which left over ninety people dead and many others severely injured, a video<\/a> of a similar incident was shared on social media claiming to have been recorded a few days after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this video, people with buckets and other containers are seen rushing to collect a liquid substance spilling from a white tanker which had tipped over. A voice then explains that the substance leaking from the tank is kerosene and that the driver had lost control of the vehicle at Rogbere Junction in Port Loko, North-west of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of the thumbnail of viral video and message shared on Whatsapp<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Even though the voice in the video did not mention the date of the incident, people shared the video with the assumption that it was a recent occurrence. A news blog<\/a> also carried the story with the headline \u201cAnother Fuel Tanker Crash.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Member of Parliament for Constituency 069 which shares borders with the area where the kerosene tanker tipped over said the video in question is an old one, recalling. \u201cThe incident happened three to four months back,\u201d he recalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honourable Abdul Karim Kamara also confirmed that the tanker was indeed carrying kerosene and was on its way to Lungi to supply fuel for airlines arriving at the airport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe driver had some mechanical faults but managed to cross the bridge before the vehicle eventually tipped over,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Honourable Abdul Karim Kamara – MP for Constituency 069<\/strong><\/em>.
Source: Honourable Abdul Karim Kamara<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The councillor for Ward 257 Abu Bakarr Bangura added that even though he cannot remember the exact date, he knows the incident happened in May this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere were no casualties, adding that the driver was able to get out of the vehicle before it tipped over,\u201d Councillor Bangura confirms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The video in question was recycled and shared out of context  to stimulate dramatic and sensational reactions among the public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The researcher produced this fact-check per the Dubawa 2020 Fellowship partnership with Africa Young Voices Media Empire to facilitate the ethos of truth in journalism and enhance media literacy in the country<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claim: A viral video was shared on\u00a0 WhatsApp and Youtube purporting to be another fuel spill following the November 5 tanker explosion at Wellington in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The video showed people rushing to collect the spilling liquid.\u00a0 Even though the incident did happen, the video was recycled and shared for dramatic or sensational effect. Dubawa found that the incident in the video happened in May this year. Full Text Following the fuel tank explosion in Freetown on 5th November 2021, which left over ninety people dead and many others severely injured, a video of a similar incident was shared on social media claiming to have been recorded a few days after. In this video, people with buckets and other containers are seen rushing to collect a liquid substance spilling from a white tanker which had tipped over. A voice then explains that the substance leaking from the tank is kerosene and that the driver had lost control of the vehicle at Rogbere Junction in Port Loko, North-west of the country. Even though the voice in the video did not mention the date of the incident, people shared the video with the assumption that it was a recent occurrence. A news blog also carried the story with the headline \u201cAnother Fuel Tanker Crash.\u201d Verification The Member of Parliament for Constituency 069 which shares borders with the area where the kerosene tanker tipped over said the video in question is an old one, recalling. \u201cThe incident happened three to four months back,\u201d he recalls. Honourable Abdul Karim Kamara also confirmed that the tanker was indeed carrying kerosene and was on its way to Lungi to supply fuel for airlines arriving at the airport.  \u201cThe driver had some mechanical faults but managed to cross the bridge before the vehicle eventually tipped over,\u201d he explains. The councillor for Ward 257 Abu Bakarr Bangura added that even though he cannot remember the exact date, he knows the incident happened in May this year.  \u201cThere were no casualties, adding that the driver was able to get out of the vehicle before it tipped over,\u201d Councillor Bangura confirms. Conclusion The video in question was recycled and shared out of context  to stimulate dramatic and sensational reactions among the public.  The researcher produced this fact-check per the Dubawa 2020 Fellowship partnership with Africa Young Voices Media Empire to facilitate the ethos of truth in journalism and enhance media literacy in the country<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1571,1268],"tags":[2794,1066],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[2215],"class_list":["post-10104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-check","category-sierra-leone","tag-fuel-spill","tag-video"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-2CY","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":2215,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"antonia-howard","display_name":"Antonia Howard","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9289db96a7d1879f3971c629a52133bb6df4d4419c920d4e9c0974c68b37ae4?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Viral-Video-of-Another-Fuel-Spill-Dated.jpeg?fit=1200%2C643&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10104"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=10104"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=10104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}