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Left TV on to calm dog, neighbor reports fire in her living room – Brit tells them it was just a video

Left TV on to calm dog, neighbor reports fire in her living room – Brit tells them it was just a video

A crew of firefighters rushed to the home of a British woman after her neighbor reported seeing fire in her living room, only to realize it was a video on the TV showing the fire.

Lydia Maskell, 33, had turned on the TV and a video of a fire to calm her dog Romeo while she was shopping in Peacehaven, east of the British city of Sussex.


But ten minutes after she left the house, she was informed that a team of firefighters was waiting for her in front of the door of the house, Telegrafi reports.

The senseless event was filmed in a video posted on TikTok showing Lydia relaxing at home, with a glass of wine in hand and the fire playing on the TV screen.

The video has received thousands of views and likes, where she then explained to firefighters that she had simply turned on the TV to calm her dog while she was out. /Telegraph/