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Why These Firefighter Photos Paying Tribute to One of Their Fallen Colleagues in Intervention Are False

Summary by franceinfo.fr
Published on a Facebook group, two photos of firefighters crying in front of the portrait of one of their colleagues make a lot of reaction. According to the accompanying text, the firefighter died during a fire in Reims on July 7. Problem: neither the intervention nor the photos are true.
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Published on a Facebook group, two photos of firefighters crying in front of the portrait of one of their colleagues make a lot of reaction. According to the accompanying text, the firefighter died during a fire in Reims on July 7. Problem: neither the intervention nor the photos are true.

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franceinfo.fr broke the news in on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
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