Washington (CNN) : Yet another false claim about CNN's coverage of the war in Ukraine is swirling on social media -- this one an absurd conspiracy theory that CNN faked its footage from the scene of a fire caused by a Russian attack on a fuel storage site in the Ukrainian city of Lviv.
The conspiracy theory, which is being spread in multiple languages by pro-Russia accounts and others, is that CNN video from the Lviv fire on Saturday was actually filmed in the Canadian city of Edmonton.
Why would anyone say such a thing? Because, as CNN anchor Don Lemon was reporting live from the Lviv fire, a firefighter seen behind him was wearing a coat that said "EDMONTON" on the back.
But that's not fishy. There is a good reason that a firefighter in Lviv would be wearing an "EDMONTON" coat.
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Fact check: Debunking the false conspiracy theory about an Edmonton firefighter coat in Ukraine
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