(CNN) One of the multiple wildfires burning in California was started during a gender-reveal party, officials said.
A "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" used at the party sparked the El Dorado Fire in San Bernardino County, Cal Fire said in a press release.
The fire started Saturday at 10:23 a.m. PT (1:23 p.m. ET) 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 7,400 acres as of Monday and is just 7% contained, the Cal Fire incident website shows.
#EldoradoFire evacuation order map. Red Cross reception center at Yucaipa community center. pic.twitter.com/OdEf4RFKEF — Yucaipa Police (@YucaipaPD) September 7, 2020
Because of the fire, the communities of Oak Glen, Yucaipa Ridge, Mountain Home Village and Forest Falls have been ordered to evacuate. 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.
PM-me-your-crits on September 7th, 2020 at 13:51 UTC »
What kind of sentences would be expected for accidently starting a wildfire? Are you then responsible for everything damaged by the fire? Just how fucked are these people?
Kie723 on September 7th, 2020 at 13:49 UTC »
What did they use for the reveal? Flamethrowers?
Sigh_SMH on September 7th, 2020 at 13:00 UTC »
But how many Likes did they get?????!!!!!!!!!