A video of a fire burning vehicles in a parking lot is from April in Australia but is being shared online as if it were from the riots in France in late June and early July. Unrest and discontent due to the killing of a 17-year-old by police on June 27 led to riots across France. Examples of posts sharing a clip with the caption, “Rioters set fire to a parking lot filled with brand new vehicles” in Marseille, France can be seen (here) and (here). A search for the Pickles Bibra Lake branch on Google Maps leads to street view images of the storage yard that matches the clip shared on social media, viewable (tinyurl.com/yc8sbwd2). The video shows a fire at a car auction yard in Australia from April, not footage from the France riots in late June and early July.

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Persons: Jacey Knowles, Pickles, Knowles, Read Organizations: Guardian, Google, Reuters Locations: Australia, France, Marseille, Perth, Bibra Lake, Australian