“That’s the only reason he was there,” he added.
The El Dorado Fire erupted on Sept. 5 when the couple and their young children staged a baby gender reveal at El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa, at the foot of the San Bernardino Mountains.
A Cal Fire official on Sept. 7 told The Desert Sun, part of the USA TODAY Network, that the family had absolutely been cooperating with officials.
Over a 23-day period, the fire burned 22,680 acres in the Oak Glen and Yucaipa Ridge areas, and within the San Gorgonio Wilderness Area of the San Bernardino National Forest.
The fire forced evacuations and destroyed five residences and 15 other structures, and damaged four residences.
A couple accused of igniting a massive wildfire with a gender-reveal smoke bomb now faces manslaughter charges
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California couple charged after gender-reveal party allegedly started El Dorado Fire
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