The video shows firefighters wearing yellow vests pouring water into what appears to be a plastic bag with two handles and then pouring it onto the smoking object.
This caused a real storm of gossip and interpretations on social networks. Firefighters became the object of ridicule – netizens claimed that they use women’s handbags to put out fires.
There have also been those who linked it to the diversity program of the Los Angeles Fire Department – the head of the department is said to be so incompetent that instead of normal equipment, she provided rescuers with women’s handbags.
Although scientists saythat the spread of the fires was caused by an unusually dry winter and strong winds, some Internet commentators are publicly blaming the disaster on the city’s fire chief Kristin Crowleywho is lesbian, and the fire department’s diversity program.
Read more: Giant fires in Los Angeles: homophobes have discovered the “culprits”
However, firefighters use professional equipment, not “ladies’ handbags”.
Snopes for fact checkers In an emailed comment, the Los Angeles Fire Department clarified that it was not a large fire that was being extinguished at the time, but a smoldering trash can.
As a result, the rescuers decided not to use complex professional equipment, and used collapsible material “buckets” to extinguish a small fire.
Screenshot /Collapsible fire bucket
These bags are easy to fill with water to fight small fires and are much faster to use than connecting hoses to hydrants.
Similar collapsible buckets can be purchased and in specialized Lithuanian online stores.
15min verdict: melas. It is not true that Los Angeles firefighters use women’s handbags to fight fires. What may have looked like an accessory is actually professional lifeguard equipment.
The publication was prepared in 15 minutes in partnership with Metawhich aims to stop the spread of misleading news on the social network. More about the program and its rules – here.
Source: www.15min.lt
