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<h1><em><span style="color:#5e0c0c;">&#8230; this is no joke<br />
&#8216;Prank caller pretended to be from fire department&#8217;</span></em></h1>
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<li class=""><span style="color:#b8891d;"><b>Staff in Shawnee, OK, received prank call from &#8216;the fire dept&#8217; on Thursday</b></span></li>
<li class=""><span style="color:#b8891d;"><b>And employees in Coon Rapids, MN, got the same call on Friday</b></span></li>
<li class=""><span style="color:#b8891d;"><b>The caller told Burger King staff the buildings were full of carbon monoxide</b></span></li>
<li class=""><span style="color:#b8891d;"><b>To stop the place exploding, they said, they had to smash all windows</b></span></li>
<li class=""><span style="color:#b8891d;"><b>Employees dutifully smashed everything, left $10,000-worth of damage </b></span></li>
<li class=""><span style="color:#b8891d;"><span style="color:#b8891d;"><b>But when they called fire dept to follow-up, they found out it was a &#8216;joke&#8217;</b></span></span>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">A prank caller persuaded Burger King employees in Minnesota and Oklahoma to smash all the windows of their fast food restaurant to stop the building from exploding.<br />
Posing as a fire department official, the caller convinced two outlets &#8211; one in Shawnee, OK, on Thursday; one in Coon Rapids, MN, on Friday &#8211; that there were perilously high levels of carbon monoxide filling up the buildings.<br />
The only way to save the place from exploding, they said, was to smash all the windows as quickly as possible.<br />
Passers-by in both cities looked on baffled as they saw uniformed staff running around, kicking and slamming the windows with chairs until they shattered.</p>
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<h5 class="imageCaption"><strong><span class="mol-style-bold"><img class=" size-full wp-image-6540 aligncenter" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/330787b700000578-3532505-image-m-2_1460293534481.jpg" alt="330787b700000578-3532505-image-m-2_1460293534481" width="634" height="446" /></span>MINNESOTA: A prank caller persuaded Burger King employees to smash all the windows of their fast food restaurant to stop the building from exploding. Pictured: footage of staff kicking the windows in Coon Rapids<img class=" size-full wp-image-6549 aligncenter" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/3307879d00000578-3532505-image-m-4_1460293593692.jpg" alt="3307879d00000578-3532505-image-m-4_1460293593692" width="634" height="444" />Passers-by looked on baffled as they saw uniformed staff running around the eatery, kicking and slamming the windows with chairs until they shattered. Pictured: One staff member kicking a window on Friday<img class=" size-full wp-image-6553 aligncenter" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/3307b79700000578-3532505-image-a-10_1460294651571.jpg" alt="3307b79700000578-3532505-image-a-10_1460294651571" width="634" height="357" />OKLAHOMA: On Thursday, staff in Shawnee, Oklahoma, received the same call and also heeded the advice<img class=" size-full wp-image-6556 aligncenter" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/3307b79300000578-3532505-image-a-11_1460294675419.jpg" alt="3307b79300000578-3532505-image-a-11_1460294675419" width="634" height="352" />Pictures from the scene show glass covering the tables and chairs, which are now closed to the public<img class=" size-full wp-image-6559 aligncenter" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/3307b78300000578-3532505-image-a-13_1460294758667.jpg" alt="3307b78300000578-3532505-image-a-13_1460294758667" width="634" height="356" />Officials estimate Oklahoma&#8217;s establishment has been left with $10,000 worth of damage</strong></h5>
<p>After smashing the windows they called the fire department to reassess the situation &#8211; and to their confusion the responding officers had no idea what they were talking about. When fire fighters eventually reached the building they found no trace of a gas leak. Officials estimate Oklahoma&#8217;s establishment has been left with $10,000 worth of damage, <a class="" href="http://kstp.com/news/coon-rapids-burger-king-smashed-windows/4100167/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">KSTP </a>reports.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;The employee stated that a person called them and told them there were high levels of carbon monoxide in their building, and they needed to break out all their windows,&#8217; Thomas Larman, spokesman for the Shawnee Fire Department, told KSTP.<br />
A passer-by in Coon Rapids posted video footage of the moment on <a class="" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRJBs3pjF90&;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">YouTube</a>.<br />
At least three employees are seen kicking the windows repeatedly, pushing out all the glass from the frames.<br />
By the end of the clip, crowds of people are seen staring dumbstruck at the bizarre scene.</p>
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<h5 class="moduleFull mol-video"><strong>MINNESOTA: A passer-by in Coon Rapids posted footage of the moment on Friday night as crowds stared</strong></h5>
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<h5 class="artSplitter mol-img-group"><strong><img class=" size-full wp-image-6572 aligncenter" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/3307b77e00000578-3532505-image-a-14_1460294782543.jpg" alt="3307b77e00000578-3532505-image-a-14_1460294782543" width="634" height="321" /></strong><strong>OKLAHOMA: The windows in Shawnee are now boarded up after the incident on Thursday night</strong></h5>
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