wildfire sparked by their gender-reveal stunt.Refugio Manuel Jimenez Jr. and Angela Renee Jimenez pleaded not guilty on Monday to 30 charges related to the El Dorado Fire, which scorched over 89 square kilometres of land in southern California last fall.
The wildfire killed one firefighter, injured two others, destroyed more than a dozen buildings and caused roughly $8 million in damage.Fire officials have said the wildfire started with a “smoke-generating pyrotechnic device used during a gender-reveal party” in Yucaipa, Calif., on Sept 5, 2020.
Gender reveal party triggers ‘godawful’ explosion, earthquake reports The couple now faces felony charges of involuntary manslaughter, three counts of recklessly causing a fire with great bodily.