medium disasterPARTIAL
Fire engulfs large building in Christchurch
📍 Christchurch, NZ·🕐 1h ago·2 outlets
How sure are we
2 outlets
2 outlets reported this story, but it isn’t verified yet: that takes two or more independent outlets and a reliability score of 65%.
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cross checkpending30%
[Claude] Back to pending: the other outlets reported a different event. Report 2 describes a building fire in Sydenham, a suburb of Christchurch, which could be a separate incident from the large building fire in Report 1, though the location overlap makes it uncertain; n
1h agocorroborationconfirmed80%
Also reported by scoop.co.nz (found in GDELT's list of news articles)
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Reliability
Reliability ScoreHigh
78%Independent outlets2
Statusnot yet verified
AI checknone yet
Community flags0
Score bands
Very high80–100%
A highly rated outlet, or several independent outletsHigh60–79%
One well-rated outlet so farModerate40–59%
A lower-rated or state-run outlet, or one report of something seriousLow20–39%
A low-rated outlet on a serious or sensitive storyVery low0–19%
Treat it as unconfirmedWhat moves the score
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Independent outletsEach further outlet that reports the story closes 40% of the gap to 98%
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Report detailsA few points either way: a summary and a place add a little; state-run outlets on conflict, politics or security, and single reports marked high or critical, lose some
Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
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Risk Score
medium risk