Man Whose Gender Reveal Party Cost Firefighter His Life Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter

The man whose gender reveal party accidentally sparked a massive wildfire in southern California that killed a firefighter has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. In September 2020, Refugio Jimenez Jr. and Angelina Jimenez gathered their family at El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa for a photo shoot to reveal the gender of their forthcoming baby. To do so they decided to use pyrotechnics on a windy dry day. Sure enough, the smoke bomb went off and quickly ignited the field around it. The family attempted to put out the burgeoning flames with water but failed and the wind quickly…

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