Bennett Milloy, a spokesperson for California's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, told the Daily Mail that the couple whose gender reveal party triggered the El Dorado wildfire could be liable to foot the entire bill for the destruction which is expected to cost millions. According to a news release by the agency on Sunday, the fire, which is determined to have been started by a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device for the gender reveal party, began at 10:23 am on September 5 in the El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa. Milloy told the outlet that the couple hosting the party was still on the scene when firefighters arrived. According to Milloy, the family could be hit with violations of public resources codes and even arson under California's penal code section 452. And we see more of our wind events.”The previous high was 1.96 million acres (793,184 hectares) burned in 2018.

Source: Fox News September 07, 2020 21:33 UTC