These South African firefighters dancing at an airport weren't headed for the fires in California.

It circulates through X, Facebook and TikTok a video of a fire group with the flag of South Africa singing and dancing along with messages that say they “just landed in Canada” and are going to help stifle the current fires in California, in the United States. However, it is misleading. The video is from 2023 and they were going to help with the fires that devastated Canada in that year. An old video. An inverse search for key frames of the vira…

What's circulating: A video of South African firefighters singing and dancing at an airport in Canada. It's being shared with messages claiming they went to help with the fires in California, in the United States, in January 2025. Verification: It's a hoax. The video is real, but it's not current. It was recorded in June 2023 when a group of South African firefighters landed at Edmonton International Airport, Canada, to support the fires that to…