Footage of fire incident in Karachi falsely linked to BLA's train hijacking
The Verdict [False]
The viral video shows a fire incident in Karachi and is unrelated to the recent BLA train attack.
What is the claim?
Social media users have circulated a video depicting a fire raging across a large area with claims that it shows scenes from the recent attack and hijacking of a passenger train by the separatist group Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA).
The viral claim surfaced on social media platforms such as YouTube, X, and Instagram after BLA attacked and hijacked the Jaffar Express train, which was traveling from Quetta to Peshawar on March 11, 2025.
Some of these videos also have text overlaid that reads, “Pakistan Train Hijack: Baloch militants seize Peshawar-bound Jaffar Express, hold 450 passengers hostage.”
An X user shared the video and wrote, “Baloch Liberation Army hijacked Jaffar Express going from Quetta to Peshawar in Pakistan More than 400 passengers were on the train BLA said that if Pakistan takes military action, they will kill all the passengers #TrainHijack #Balochistan #Pakistan (sic).” At the time of writing this story, a similar post on X had amassed over 378,000 views and more than 2,100 likes.
Archived versions of this and other posts can be found here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
Screenshots of similar viral social media posts. (Source: X/Instagram/YouTube/Modified by Logically Facts)
However, we found that the video is from a fire incident in Karachi and is unrelated to the recent BLA train attack.
What are the facts?
We conducted a reverse image search on one of the viral video's keyframes and found multiple identical videos reporting a recent fire incident in Karachi.
An Instagram video (archived here) uploaded by Geo News English on March 10, 2025, featured identical visuals to those of the viral video. This video was captioned, "A fire broke out near Mir Chakar area in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Maymar on Monday. The cause of the blaze remains unknown. #GeoNews #Karachi."
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At the timestamp of 20 seconds of the viral video, a similar shed, a tree on the left side, and a steel sitting table can be observed at the 0:07 timestamp in the Geo News English video. The surrounding visuals and elements confirm that the viral video originates from Karachi, not the recent train attack site.
Similarities between the viral and Geo News video. (Source: X/Instagram/Geo News/Modified by Logically Facts)
With the help of keyword searches, we found multiple news reports that featured visuals identical to those in the viral video (archived here and here). According to these reports, on March 10, 2025, a fire erupted near the Karachi Super Highway, which subsequently spread to the nearby timber shops and engulfed the entire market near the Maymar Mor area (archived here).
Furthermore, no news reports linked the Karachi fire incident to the recent BLA passenger train attack.
The verdict
A video of a fire incident at a market in Karachi has been falsely shared as scenes from the recent passenger train attack by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA).
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
