Video captioned as Iranian fishermen patrolling Hormuz shows burning oil tankers

Single source · Strait of Hormuz (approximate) · 2026-10-21 01:40 UTC

A Middle East Spectator Telegram post shares video captioned as Iranian fishermen patrolling the Strait of Hormuz while oil tankers burn in the distance. The post gives no cause for the fire, and no other claim in the set reports the incident.

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• Middle East Spectator (MES), 2026-10-21 01:40 UTC

First reported 2026-10-21 01:40 UTC; last updated 2026-10-21 01:47 UTC.

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