Gender Reveal Party Blamed for 7,000-Acre California Wildfire

An air tanker drops retardant as a wildfire burns at a hillside in Yucaipa, Calif., on Sept. 5, 2020. Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP Photo

A wildfire that has burned about 7,000 acres in California was sparked accidentally by a firework at a “gender reveal” party, officials say.

A “smoke generating pyrotechnic device” triggered the El Dorado Fire in San Bernardino County, Cal Fire wrote in a statement.