TOPLINEA smoke-generating pyrotechnic device used at a gender reveal party started the El Dorado Fire in California’s San Bernardino County this weekend, local fire department officials said in a statement Monday — it’s not the only gender reveal to start a fire or to cause other mayhem. Here are other gender reveal stunts that have gone horribly wrong. “The fire that evacuated parts of California is from a GENDER REVEAL PARTY,” she wrote Monday. Stop having these stupid parties.” Last July, she shared that her views on gender reveal parties have changed altogether, echoing what some critics have said. further readingA Gender Reveal Party Sparked El Dorado Wildfire, California Authorities Confirm (Forbes)Woman Who Popularized Gender-Reveal Parties Says Her Views On Gender Have Changed (NPR)

Source: Forbes September 08, 2020 00:22 UTC