A group of firefighters were called out to reports of a raging house fire – but instead found it was just Halloween decorations.
Glens Falls Firefighters received the call out to a fire in Brooklyn, New York, in the early hours of Sunday (1 October).
Crews were despatched in the understanding that there was a structure fire, a term often used for house fires.
But, much to their surprise, upon arrival they found nothing but an elaborate spooky display.
The decorations light up the windows in red and orange flames, and after speaking to the owner, it is understood that the display will be up every Friday and Saturday night until the end of this month.
A spokesperson for the team said: “Tonight crews were dispatched to the area of Sanford St for a report of a confirmed structure fire.
“To our surprise this was an amazing Halloween decoration.”
A video of the display was posted on Facebook, where it has garnered 303,000 views and 1,000 likes.
Charlie said: “But it does look really good lol.” [sic]
Sandy commented: “It looks very real.”
Travis added: “That’s impressively surreal! Gonna be getting a lot of calls for this one.”
“Trick or Treat?” Gabrielle joked.
“Yooooo this is great!!” added Justin. [sic]
“I just want to know where they got the decorations so I can get them to spook my landlord,” joked Tiffany.
