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See the sources for this fact-check The video shows a fire in the middle of the road. Several explosions occur in quick succession and debris shoots off, trailing more fire. Another explosion follows seconds after, emitting a plume of dark smoke. \"Two electric vehicles in a crash in Canada,\" reads the video’s caption in a May 18 Facebook post. \"Apparently fire fighters won’t go anywhere near an electric vehicle fire.\" The post was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.) Reverse-image search showed that this video has been around since at least July 2013, and the Facebook caption got the explosion’s location wrong. Keyword searches revealed that this video showed a crash in Moscow, not Canada. Fact-checkers including Agence France-Presse, The Quint and Fact Crescendo have also debunked similar claims, reporting that the video shows a Moscow crash. On July 13, 2013, the date displayed in one dashcam video of the incident, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported that an Isuzu truck carrying 119 gas cylinders collided with a bus, and the containers detonated upon crashing. The report did not say whether either vehicle was electric. #### Featured Fact-check ![](\\" Instagram_logo_2016.svg/322c808c00e73c217d17772ddd5a0eb5.jpg\\") ![](\\" Instagram_logo_2016.svg/8b142c91ebe468a84a192e6df2b7b994.jpg\\") Instagram posts stated on August 1, 2024 in an Instagram post Olympic air pistol shooting medalist took up the sport during his divorce and told his ex-wife from the podium, “I want my dog back.” ![\\"true\\"](\\" false/33efdb6633e5e2fdc2d4e2f63383a1e0.jpg.\\") ![\\"false\\"](\\" false.jpg\\") By Jeff Cercone • August 5, 2024 Multiple videos captured different angles of the incident. PolitiFact used satellite imagery from Google Earth Pro and Google Maps to verify that it took place in Moscow, on the road E115. In the illustration below, every colored box represents matching features between the footage and the Google Maps location. ![](\\" (Screenshots from Facebook, Google Maps) Features surrounding this section of the road matched features shown in the video, such as two tall buildings in the back and a covered structure on the right. The traffic signs are also similarly placed. This video doesn’t show two electric vehicles colliding in Canada. We rate that claim False. PolitiFact Researcher Caryn Baird contributed to this report. #### Read About Our Process The Principles of the Truth-O-Meter ### Our Sources Facebook post (archived), May 18, 2024 Google Earth Pro search Google Maps search Agence France-Presse, Highway explosion video misrepresented as EV collision, Aug. 3, 2023 The Quint, Fact-check: Does this video show an accident between two electric vehicles?, July 29, 2023 Fact Crescendo, Old video from Moscow shared as electric vehicle collision, Aug. 1, 2023 RIA Novosti, As a result of a truck accident on the Moscow Ring Road, 119 gas cylinders exploded (translated by Google), July 13, 2013 AiF-Moscow, More than 100 gas cylinders exploded as a result of a truck accident on the Moscow Ring Road, July 13, 2013 YouTube video, July 13, 2013 YouTube video, July 14, 2013 YouTube video, July 13, 2013 ## Browse the Truth-O-Meter ### More by Loreben Tuquero slide 4 to 6 of 15 ![](\\" logo-black-01/b6cedac93f6e57c68ecc025e5ec29d57.jpg\\") ![](\\" logo-black-01/438dbf066033f99de07598cbcc77ddcb.jpg\\") Threads posts stated on July 13, 2024 in a Threads post: “Trump rally shooter has been identified as 32-year-old California resident, Hank Pecker.” ![\\"pants-fire\\"](\\" th.jpg\\") ![\\"pants-fire\\"](\\" pants-fire.jpg\\") By Loreben Tuquero • July 14, 2024 ![](\\" ![](\\" Social Media stated on July 11, 2024 in social media posts: BBC News published a graphic quoting President Joe Biden saying, “Let me say this as clearly and simply as I can: [inaudible].” ![\\"false\\"](\\" ![\\"false\\"](\\" By Loreben Tuquero • July 12, 2024 ![](\\" logo-black-01/b6cedac93f6e57c68ecc025e5ec29d57.jpg\\") ![](\\" logo-black-01/438dbf066033f99de07598cbcc77ddcb.jpg\\") Threads posts stated on July 8, 2024 in a Threads post: List shows settlements Donald Trump made to 10- to 13-year-old victims of child sex crimes. ![\\"false\\"](\\" ![\\"false\\"](\\" By Loreben Tuquero • July 12, 2024 ![](\\" ![](\\" J.D. 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