Gender reveal party sparks 7000-acre wildfire

[jmowreader]

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/09/07/us/california-fire-el-dorado-gender-reveal-trnd/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

The El Dorado Fire in San Bernardino County, Calif., was started when expectant parents went out in the woods and fired a smoke grenade during a gender reveal party, and it set the forest on fire. 500 firefighters and 60 fire engines have been deployed as of press time.

[CaptainTruth]

1. Imagine how the kid is going to feel when they get older & learn what happened.

If it were me & I was in my rebellious teen years, I can see this scene unfolding:

*I borrow car keys from mom*

MOM: "Drive safely honey!"

ME: "Listen, you had a gender reveal party that burned 7,000 acres of California forrest so I really don't think you're in any position to lecture me on safety."



Yea, I was a smartass when I was a kid. Some say I still am.

[Disaffected]

2. I hope the kid

isn't as dumb as the parents.

In that neck of the woods (so to speak) do the fire starters have to pick up any of the fire fighting cost??

[FreeState]

5. They may have to pay some fines

I don’t think they could make enough money in their lifetimes to pay for the damage. They could also have to serve time (up to 16 months):

A person is guilty of unlawfully causing a fire when he recklessly sets fire to or burns or causes to be burned, any structure, forest land or property.

(a) Unlawfully causing a fire that causes great bodily injury is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for two, four or six years, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine, or by both such imprisonment and fine.

(b) Unlawfully causing a fire that causes an inhabited structure or inhabited property to burn is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three or four years, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine, or by both such imprisonment and fine.

(c) Unlawfully causing a fire of a structure or forest land is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months, two or three years, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by a fine, or by both such imprisonment and fine.

(d) Unlawfully causing a fire of property is a misdemeanor. For purposes of this paragraph, unlawfully causing a fire of property does not include one burning or causing to be burned his own personal property unless there is injury to another person or to another person’s structure, forest land or property.

(e) In the case of any person convicted of violating this section while confined in a state prison, prison road camp, prison forestry camp, or other prison camp or prison farm, or while confined in a county jail while serving a term of imprisonment for a felony or misdemeanor conviction, any sentence imposed shall be consecutive to the sentence for which the person was then confined.

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=452.&lawCode=PEN

[Disaffected]

6. OK, thanks

It would be interesting to see what actually happens to them.

[jmowreader]

7. There's precedent for fining them the full amount

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/27/us/arizona-gender-reveal-party-sawmill-wildfire-trnd/index.html

The Sawmill Fire (47,000 acres destroyed, $8 million damage) was caused by a gender reveal party. Some dumbass decided to build a target out of blue powder and Tannerite, an explosive used to make rifle targets. He shot the target to "reveal" the gender of the kid, and set the brush on fire.

He was given 5 years probation and ordered to pay $8.2 million in restitution.

[Disaffected]

9. Yeah, I recall that fire.

What happens in these cases, are the perp's wages and assets garnachied(sp) pretty much for ever?

[Dagstead Bumwood]

3. Idiots. Why don't they just use an alligator

like a normal person?

[Wellstone ruled]

4. BTW,the area that burned

thus far is Darell Isa's Haunt. Mostly up scale wealthy with acreage,and Horse paddocks.

[Initech]

8. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.