Future parents spark wildfire during gender reveal party

[Mike Wehner]

• A gender reveal party sparked a wildfire that has already consumed 7,000 acres and forced widespread evacuations.
• A "pyrotechnic" device was used at the party and that, combined with the dry conditions, created an uncontrollable blaze.
• No charges have been filed, but a similar incident in 2018 resulted in the gender revealers having to pay $240,000.

Gender reveal parties — where expecting parents gather all their friends and family to make a big deal over the gender of their baby rather than just sending them a text message — have really taken off in recent years. The trend has spread like wildfire, and as it turns out, gender reveal parties themselves can cause wildfires.

According to San Bernadino County in California, a gender reveal party using a "smoke generating pyrotechnic device" triggered a brush fire that evolved into a massive wildfire that has already consumed over 7,000 acres. The fire is still burning, and I'm going to go ahead and guess that the soon-to-be-parents aren't providing the firefights with much assistance.

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