Post made with X It claims to depict wild animals fleeing the ongoing Wyoming Elk Fire.
🚨#breaking news: Half of Wyoming is on fire right now!
Surely you didn’t hear a peep about it, did you?
⚠️You’ll never guess what they’re going to do next!
⚠️Approximately 73,000 acres of the Bighorn National Forest are currently on fire.
“The largest fire ever recorded in a forest… pic.twitter.com/cOCj9sZRXJ
— HustleBitch (@HustleBitch_) October 8, 2024
Verdict: False
This video was originally posted in 2021 and depicts the fires in Montana.
Fact check:
Post made with X It claims to depict wild animals fleeing the ongoing Elk Fire. of read the caption“🚨#Breaking News: Half of Wyoming is on fire right now! You sure didn’t hear a peep about it, did you? ⚠️ You’ll never guess what they’re going to do now! ⚠️ Bighorn National Approximately 73,000 acres of forest are currently on fire.
That claim is false. The video was originally Posted on YouTube 2021 features a moose fleeing the fires in Montana. of the video Explanatory text“Three elk were photographed running along a fence line as the elk attempted to escape oncoming flames at the PF Fire in Big Horn County, Montana.” (Related: Video shared online claiming to show Israel under attack actually showing Poland and Algeria)
of the post caption They claim half of Wyoming is on fire. This claim is also false. Elk Fire is on fire 75,000 acres In terms of size. spans Wyoming 62 million acresaccording to the Congressional Research Service. There is no reliable evidence This shows that the Elk Fire has burned half of Wyoming.
