Snoop Dogg smoked so much in his hotel room firefighters thought he'd set the place ablaze

The 42-year-old later posted a couple of snaps on Instagram with the messages, 'Blew it Down' and 'Fire dept Shut it down.'

Firefighters who rushed to a hotel room in Melbourne, Australia - after being alerted by an automatic alarm - found the very mellow rapper in a ring of heavy smoke on Thursday morning.

Where's the blaze?
The first responders were reportedly surprised when the star acted like a fan of theirs, inviting them into his room and posing for photographs with them.

The firefighters were delighted to be chatting with the star, who is in the city to play at the Big Day Out concert. He revealed that he had wanted to be in their profession. 

Some reports suggested they responded to smoke detectors in the musician's own room but an attending officer said it was a false alarm.

They would not say whether weed was involved.