claim: a photograph shows a mcdonald's set afire during protests over george floyd's death.
question: was this mcdonald’s burned during floyd protests?
origin: as protests over the may 2020 police-custody death of george floyd in minneapolis swept across the u.s., resulting in the  burning of structures in many cities, the breaking9ll twitter account tweeted a picture of a blazing mcdonald’s restaurant along with the caption “breaking: mcdonald’s has fallen”:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  this tweet did not feature a real photograph of a mcdonald’s set afire during protests over floyd’s death, however. the image was a repurposed photograph of a restaurant in  lebanon, pennsylvania, that burned in november 2016 after a grease fire started in its kitchen:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  the mcdonald’s at 757 e. cumberland st. in lebanon is deemed a complete loss by lebanon fire commissioner duane trautman after a grease fire started in the kitchen and spread toward the roof friday night.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  crews were dispatched just after 8 p.m., and according to dispatch reports, a fully involved kitchen fire is what they arrived to.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  the breaking 911 twitter account, which described itself as a “parody account,” mimicked the appearance of the real breaking 911 news site’s twitter feed.  the former account has since been suspended by twitter.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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comment: grease fires are an occupational hazard at restaurants, protests or no protests.
summary: the breaking 911 twitter account mimicked the appearance of the real breaking911 news site’s twitter feed. the former account has since been suspended by twitter. this tweet did not feature a real photograph of a mcdonald's set afire during protests over george floyd's death. instead, the image was a repurposed photograph from a restaurant in lebanon, pennsylvania, that burned in november 2016 after a grease fire started in its kitchen.