
Following a series of fearful 911 calls, a South Carolina couple are getting heat for their fiery Halloween display.
Amanda Peden and Sam Lee decorate their home dramatically every Halloween, setting up fake car crashes and body bags in their front garden, the U.S Sun reports.
This year, they have controversially created the illusion their Fountain Inn home is ablaze, complete with plumes of smoke and flames in the windows.
Peden shared a video of the display on Facebook, inviting local residents to come and view their 鈥渂urning鈥 home.
鈥淥ur house will be on fire (not real fire) as Halloween decorations every night from 8 - 10 PM between now and October 31,鈥 she wrote.
鈥淧lease do not call the fire department again!鈥.
Some reactions were less than impressed with what was described as a 鈥渞eal-life scary鈥 scene.
One comment suggested the couple need to 鈥減ut a sign on the yard stating it鈥檚 not real鈥, while another said the decorations 鈥渉onestly should be illegal鈥.
But the engaged couple, who live at the property with Peden鈥檚 15-year-old son, are unfazed by the comments.
Lee told TODAY.com the community enjoys the family鈥檚 seasonal spectacles, which get 鈥渃razier and crazier every year鈥.
鈥淢ost people appreciate it, but you鈥檝e got the one percent who are never happy with anything.鈥
The former mayor of Fountain Inn said, 鈥渋f dispatch gets a call about the fire, they call me directly and check in鈥.
Despite knowing about the decorations, Fountain Inn Fire Chief Russell Alexander told People he still sends a truck over to the residence when alerted to the faux danger - just in case.
鈥淭here鈥檚 always that slight chance of a lamp shorted out or the smoke machine overheated. Ethically, it鈥檚, it鈥檚 what we do.鈥
He confirmed the department has received four calls about the house so far this year.
鈥淭he first year, we were inundated with phone calls from people driving by the home鈥, he said, 鈥渢his year hasn鈥檛 been as bad...we鈥檝e only had a few calls from people who are new to the area.鈥
Alexander said the light show doesn鈥檛 accurately mimic a real house fire but admitted 鈥渋t鈥檚 got some real feel to it鈥, the Daily Mail reports.
The fire chief hopes to use the house to demonstrate the 鈥渟top, drop and roll鈥 method in an upcoming video for National Fire Prevention Week.
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