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This Photo Shows a 2012 Tornado Fire in Australia, Not Algeria

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24th August 2022
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12:19 pm
24th August 2022
This Photo Shows a 2012 Tornado Fire in Australia, Not Algeria
The image was cropped from a video shot in Australia (Twitter).

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A photo purporting to show a fire tornado in Algeria has been circulating on social media. Users shared the photo, alleging that the fire tornado killed at least 37 people and injured 161.

The photo is being shared with captions in various languages.

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