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Does a photo show hundreds of coffins delivered by FEMA in Georgia?

By Alan Duke
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A woman posted a photo on social media of what she believed to be coffins, lots of coffins, on a Georgia roadside. And she made the jump to believing they came from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

"Something is brewing! Something is getting ready to jump off," she wrote.

In reality, the photo shows plastic burial vaults produced by a Covington, Georgia, manufacturer. The location has been used for years as an outdoor storage area for the vaults, which have been sold to individuals who don't need them yet, according to a Vantage Products Corporation spokeswoman. 

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Lead Stories is a fact checking and debunking website at the intersection of big data and journalism that launched in 2015. It scouts for trending stories, images, videos and posts that contain false information in order to fact check them as quickly as possible. It actively monitors the fake-news ecosystem and doesn’t wait for reader tips or reports before getting started on a story.
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