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A bizarre prank intended to get the best of fast food workers targeted an east side Indianapolis restaurant.

According to a report from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, someone called the Jack in the Box at 2130 North Post Road and said employees needed to do a safety inspection late Sunday night, Fox59 said.

The caller, who posed as a public safety official, then instructed an employee to rip the fire extinguisher out and break a window because there was a gas leak at the location. The worker followed the instructions, the report said, and broke a window.

She later realized it was a prank.

The prank has targeted several fast food locations around the country. It works like this: someone posing as public safety officials calls to tell employees they have a gas leak; the caller then informs them the store could explode if they don’t relieve pressure by breaking windows.

At a suburban Minneapolis Burger King on Friday, employees ran out to their cars to get tire irons so they could break the windows. At least 20 windows were shattered in that case, police said. Similar incidents have been reported in other states.

This story originally appeared at Fox59.com.