Did The Weather Channel Mistakenly Show Human Remains While Filming LA Fires?

Multiple users on X have claimed they saw human remains in a live report by the Weather Channel on Thursday.

One user posted a video on X and stated, “The weather channel unknowingly shows DECEASED REMAINS live on air when showing the devastation from the California Palisades fires! Do you guys think that is what I think it is?”

A Weather Channel spokesperson responded to the claim by stating, “These social media claims are inaccurate and completely false. We have 100% confirmed that the video shows debris from the aftermath of a house fire and nothing else.”

The spokesperson added, “The time wasted on erroneous news reporting on this false social media claim is disappointing given that Californians are still dealing with the trauma and devastation of the ongoing SoCal wildfires and are seeking factual information about how to keep them and their families safe as this tragic situation continues to develop.”

Here’s the video and the Weather Channel’s response:

Per Newsweek:

Multiple X (formerly Twitter) users have claimed that they saw human remains in a report broadcast by the Weather Channel in the aftermath of the Palisades fire on Thursday.  

“The weather channel unknowingly shows DECEASED REMAINS live on air when showing the devastation from the California Palisades fires! Do you guys think that is what I think it is?” one X user wrote on Thursday.

The post was accompanied by a video posted to TikTok of a broadcast by the Weather Channel which showed a destroyed property. Debris was visible inside the property. However, some users suggested that the debris resembled human remains.

On Thursday, a spokesperson for the Weather Channel denied the claims to the British tabloid newspaper Daily Mail.

“These social media claims are inaccurate and completely false. We have 100% confirmed that the video shows debris from the aftermath of a house fire and nothing else.

“The time wasted on erroneous news reporting on this false social media claim is disappointing given that Californians are still dealing with the trauma and devastation of the ongoing SoCal wildfires and are seeking factual information about how to keep them and their families safe as this tragic situation continues to develop,” the spokesperson said in a statement to the newspaper.

Allen Media Group, which owns the Weather Channel, later sent Daily Mail photos of the discovery from another angle showing the debris.

Other X users dismissed suggestions that the debris shown in the report resembled human remains. “Burnt humans/animals don’t look like that at all, bones don’t end up white/ivory colored. If it were a real animal or human, it would have been charred black with a lot of carbonized black skin on it.” one user wrote.

Here’s what The Western Journal reported:

A trending social media post suggested that The Weather Channel inadvertently aired footage of skeletal remains during the ongoing Greater Los Angeles fires.

Many users shared the 22-second TikTok clip on X.

“Did the @weatherchannel just show a charred skeleton in the rubble of the Los Angeles fires without realizing it?” X user Ari Hoffman wrote on Thursday.

But a closer look reveals what resembles the bony remains of a person, perhaps most apparently a human skull.

In the audio, a male and female watching at home can be heard speculating about the footage.

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“That’s a f*****g dead body!” the male can be heard saying. “You can’t tell me that’s not a skull. That’s a f*****g skull!”

“You can see the leg bones coming out!” the female voice said.

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