Firefighter Dies in Blaze Sparked by Gender-Reveal Celebration

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A firefighter has died battling a fire that was inadvertently sparked by pyrotechnics for a gender-reveal celebration in Southern California, the authorities said Friday.

The U.S. Forest Service said the firefighter died on Thursday while working in the San Bernardino National Forest on the El Dorado Fire, which has burned through 19,000 acres since it was sparked on Sept. 5.

The name of the firefighter was being withheld until family members were notified, and the cause of the death was being investigated.

“Our deepest sympathies are with the family, friends and fellow firefighters during this time,” Zach Behrens, a Forest Service spokesman, said in a statement.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/firefighter-dies-in-blaze-sparked-by-gender-reveal-celebration/ar-BB19b8Dm?li=BBnb7Kz

[redstatebluegirl]

1. I feel strongly the morons who started this fire should be held responsible.

This is a person's life that was lost for a totally stupid event.

[Initech]

9. For sure! 5 years minimum!

Not to mention the lives they endangered, the millions of dollars in damage it did, and the hundreds of lives that were displaced because of evacuation. Calling this "fucking stupid" doesn't even begin to describe it.

[Sympthsical]

2. Isn't that some kind of manslaughter charge now?

On top of the charges these people already face.

Next up, the Which Relative the Baby Will Live With reveal.

[obamanut2012]

3. It wasn't inadvertent

It was a planned event.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Right. The fire was inadvertent,

but the setting off of fireworks wasn't.

And this is by no means the first fire set by gender reveal fireworks.

[Throckmorton]

6. Might be reckless burning.

In Connecticut that is a "D" felony.

[CaptainTruth]

4. Imagine being that kid & one day learning all of this.

[RhodeIslandOne]

7. Weddings and births will be the death of us. n/m

[Captain Stern]

8. No, the fire wasn't 'sparked' by a Gender-Reveal Celebration

Fire..sparked...that's pretty much some fox news type stuff there.

The fire was started because some people irresponsibly started a fire. That's it.

It doesn't really matter what those folks were celebrating, or if they were even celebrating at all. The point is, they started a fire by acting irresponsibly.