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Stuff (New Zealand)News report · Aug 23, 8:22 AM
Fire breaks out at Dunedin property
Fire and Emergency told Stuff they were called to an address on Melville Street at around 7.20pm.
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Fire breaks out near EBMUD plant: OFD
Stuff (New Zealand) and KRON4 (Nexstar, San Francisco) describe the same event in different terms.
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As of August 23, 2026 at 8:22 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happened Fire breaks out near EBMUD plant: OFD.
The headline split The left frames it as "Fire breaks out at Dunedin property". The center frames it as "Fire breaks out near EBMUD plant: OFD".
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Left / center-leftFire breaks out at Dunedin property
Stuff (New Zealand) · Center-left · News report
CenterFire breaks out near EBMUD plant: OFD
KRON4 (Nexstar, San Francisco) · Center · News report
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KRON4 (Nexstar, San Francisco)News report · Aug 23, 6:12 AM
Fire breaks out near EBMUD plant: OFD
(KRON) -- The Oakland Fire Department said crews are on the scene of a large fire burning outside the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) plant in West Oakland on Saturday night, ne...
Details54/99 Wording Gap · Low confidence · 2 sources
54/99 Wording GapLow confidence2 sources · 2 bias bucketsDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 bucketsFormats: News report
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Aug 23, 6:12 AM: KRON4 (Nexstar, San Francisco) joined the source map.
Aug 23, 8:22 AM: Stuff (New Zealand) joined the source map.
Now: Wording Gap is 54/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.