SWNS The students were left coughing due to the chillies

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Neighbours thought there was a gas leak after the super-spicy chilli smoke billowed through the student house and into neighbouring properties. Theresa Morgan, 19, was drinking with her house mates before a Halloween-themed night out when everyone suddenly started coughing - and two became sick. The Manchester University student thought it was a gas leak and rang 999. Her party poured outside of the house and saw their next-door neighbours were walking around apologising profusely - because they were cooking the chilli, which started to produce toxic fumes.

SWNS The students posted their ordeal on social media

We saw the neighbours around us also coughing and rushing out of their houses so I called 999 right away Theresa Morgan, student

Speaking to student newspaper The Tab, Theresa said: "Everyone was wearing fake blood, because we were getting ready for a party. "We had all the windows open but we were in the house when everyone started coughing. "There wasn't any smell and we couldn't see any smoke so we thought it was something like carbon monoxide. "We saw the neighbours around us also coughing and rushing out of their houses so I called 999 right away."

SWNS The students before evacuating the house

As she was on the phone, their heat-loving neighbours explained that they were cooking the chilli to find out how hot it was, when the spices got in the air and made everyone become sick. She said: "We were all standing outside and they came out with a crate of beer and we thought well this is one way to meet the neighbours." When the fire brigade arrived, Theresa said that they rushed straight in to inspect the damage caused by the fiery chilli - but came out spluttering thanks to the nasty fumes. She said: "They went into the house and came back out coughing, so then they put on gas masks, and got a huge fan and had to fumigate the houses. "When we found out it wasn't gas we all calmed down quite a lot. We still went out, it was almost Halloween after all."