Couple Whose Gender Reveal Party Sparked 2020 California Fire Has Pleaded Guilty

The couple was sentenced after reaching a plea deal.

A firefighter douses flames as they push toward homes during the Creek fire in the Cascadel Woods area of unincorporated Madera County, Calif., on Sept. 7, 2020. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

A couple whose gender reveal party sparked a deadly Southern California wildfire in 2020 has pleaded guilty to several charges, the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office said on Feb. 9.

Refugio Manuel Jimenez Jr. pleaded guilty to felony charges of involuntary manslaughter for the death of firefighter Charlie Morton, and two counts of recklessly causing a fire to an inhabited structure.