Al Jazeera posted a similar clip showing the crash in January 2024, predating the California wildfires by a year.

India Today found that the video has nothing to do with the Los Angeles wildfires. This January 2024 video is from the South American country Chile.

A post on X purports to show GoPro footage of firefighters fighting wildfires currently ravaging Los Angeles. Verdict: False Footage seen is from a totally different fire, and has been used in viral videos before.

The footage in the post is not associated with the Los Angeles wildfires that began in January 2025. It was posted online before the fires started. Multiple Los Angeles area wildfires broke out in early January and continue to burn. Collectively, these fires have killed at least 25 and burned thousands of structures.

American tennis player Taylor Fritz is donating the prize money he earned for his first-round victory at the Australian Open — about $82,000 — to relief funds to help people affected by the wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area.

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