Claim: Viral pictures are of devastating forest fires presently raging in Uttarakhand. These are as bad as fires in Amazon and Australia.
Fact-check: Fact Check: Old images of US forest fires passed off as crisis in Uttarakhand
Verdict: the pictures are old and not related to this year's forest fires in uttarakhand, which are mostly sporadic.
Organisation: India Today
Author: Pallavi Kumar
Date published: 2020-05-29T09:28:01