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On 1 June 2017, the web site Geller Report published an image of black smoke rising above Vatican City under the headline Breaking: Vatican City Bombing: Despite the sensational title and subsequent tweet plugging the article, this image does not show a bombing in Vatican City -- because a bombing did not occur. Geller appeared to admit as much in the body of her article: The local news outlet Rai News reported that the smoke was coming from an auto junkyard to the west of the capital, where a fire of vast proportions had broken out, causing several explosions. The Twitter account for the local fire station also posted a video of the junkyard fire: The exact cause of the fire is still unknown as of this writing. However, the fire did not occur at the Vatican and there have been no credible reports about a bombing in the area. Vatican officials told Catholic.org that the Pope, as well as tourists at the Vatican, were safe and confirmed that the smoke had come from the junkyard fire a few miles away from the holy site:
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