The baby’s gender reveal party is, perhaps, one of the most long-awaited and, at the same time, most special moments for parents, friends and relatives who gather around a special goal: to finally find out what it will be. the gender of the future family member.
Will it be a boy or a girl? It is the question that, in most cases, precedes the cries of emotion or, in this case, the laments of a tragedy.
While there are celebrations that shine for their creativity, there are others that are overshadowed by unusual accidents that end up overshadowing the crucial moment. Such is the case of a couple who, in 2020, decided to use a pyrotechnic smoke-generating device to reveal the sex of their baby; however, this caused a fire that burned more than 3,900 hectares in San Bernardinoa county in California, United States.
In my 30 years as a citizen of Yucaipa, I have never seen a fire this big
“In my 30 years as a citizen of Yucaipa, I have never seen a fire this big”, said the mayor of the city of San Bernardino, David Ávila, during a press conference.
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He added: “As a retired firefighter with 32 years of experience, I can assure you that I witnessed one of the most dangerous fires we can have in this area.”
A gender reveal party that ended in tragedy
On Saturday, September 5, 2020, A raging fire swept through El Dorado Nature Park in California after a pyrotechnic device used during a gender reveal party ignited the flames. that, for a few days, spread uncontrollably through the state located in the western region of the United States.
According to Captain Bennet Milloy, an investigator for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire), in dialogue with ‘CNN’, the security videos showed a couple with several children walking towards the lawn while another person turned on the fire trigger.
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“After it lights up, the family is seen struggling and grabbing bottles of water to try to put out the growing fire.”, explained, at the time, the American television channel mentioned above.
The consequences, as expected, were devastating: just two days after the event, the fire had burned more than 2,950 hectares and affected more than 3,000 homes. As if that were not enough, the evacuation of the area was ordered, including some parts of Yucaipa, a nearby city of almost 54,000 inhabitants.
According to the American newspaper ‘Tampa Bay Time’ Charges of involuntary manslaughter were filed against the couple. (…) They were also charged with three felony counts: recklessly causing a fire resulting in extensive injury, four felony counts of recklessly causing a fire in inhabited structures, and 22 misdemeanor counts of recklessly causing a fire on another’s property.”
Gender reveal party: the epicenter of fires
Although shocking, this has not been the only accident that has left the revelation of the sex of a baby.
Recently, Jenni Alarcon and Lucas Motta, a couple living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, experienced moments of panic after fireworks will end up causing a fire in your residence.
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“It was supposed to be a gender reveal party for our twins, until…”, the couple shared in a TikTok video that, at this time, has more than four million views. In this it is possible to observe the couple hugging and screaming with emotion after discovering the sex of their baby until a flaming flame stops the celebration.
In September 2020, for example, a couple was involved in a similar situation after going to a forest in Los Angeles, United States, to reveal the sex of their baby; however, the device, with which they intended to do so, exploded and caused a forest fire of 30 square kilometers, which forced the evacuation of some homes.
Added to this case is that of an off-duty US Border Patrol officer who, in April 2017, fired a high-powered rifle at a target filled with colored powder and tannerite, two highly explosive substances that they caused a fire that grew to almost 19,000 hectares and caused more than 8 million dollars in damage -equivalent to just over 39 billion Colombian pesos-.
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