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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA gender reveal sparked a wildfire in California that's grown to 7,000 acres
As multiple wildfires burn in California, one of the fires was started during a gender-reveal party, officials said.
A "smoke generating pyrotechnic device" used at the party caused the El Dorado Fire in San Bernardino County, Cal Fire said in a press release.
The fire started Saturday at 10:23 a.m. at the El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa and spread from the park north on to Yucaipa Ridge, according to the release.
It has since grown to 7,050 acres as of early Monday morning, the Cal Fire incident website shows.
Evacuations have been ordered for the communities of Oak Glen, Yucaipa Ridge, Mountain Home Village and Forest Falls. An evacuation warning is in effect for the Yucaipa bench area and Yucaipa Community Center is being used as a temporary evacuation facility, according to Cal Fire.
More than 500 personnel have been deployed to the fire, along with 60 engines and four helicopters, according to the website.
Overnight weather is expected to remain hot and dry with a relative humidity of 20%, San Bernardino National Forest said in it's evening update on the fire. Winds will also continue at three to five miles per hour with gust up to 10 miles per hour, resulting in "active fire behavior throughout the night."
No charges have been announced in the blaze.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/07/us/california-fire-el-dorado-gender-reveal-trnd/index.html
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)NNadir
(33,513 posts)...what exactly is a "gender reveal party?"
Yesterday southern California was experiencing temperatures of 40C+ (100F+).
Yesterday there were almost 5,000 new Covid cases in the State.
Are people out of their minds?
Statistical
(19,264 posts)LisaL
(44,973 posts)Apparently it's popular to get a device that blows either blue or pink smoke, sometimes resulting in massive fire.
People have gone out of their minds.
NNadir
(33,513 posts)...there in their times.
It's pretty much what's happening all over the world, in one way or another.
I lived briefly in West LA, and longer in the LA Beach Cities. Regrettably, I'm aware of this kind of cultural mentality, which is a process of making the kids about the parents, rather than making the parents lives about their kids.
It's more than a little sick.
Zambero
(8,964 posts)Fireworks are best limited to the initial phase of this biological process!
question everything
(47,470 posts)LisaL
(44,973 posts)Not the first time it sparked a massive fire.
Get a blue or pink cake, for crying out loud.
RainCaster
(10,868 posts)Hekate
(90,645 posts)....kind of stupid to set off fireworks in a park or campground in California in 2020.
marmar
(77,077 posts)Boomerproud
(7,952 posts)Enjoy your maskless parties and boat rides today "patriots" .