An April 2017 gender reveal party led to a 47,000-acre forest fire in Arizona. Causing millions of dollars worth of damage, US Border Patrol agent Dennis Dickey was behind the incident.
The video
Now, authorities have released video footage of the incident.
Background
Dickey has since pled guilty to a misdemeanor violation of US Forest Service regulations for igniting the fire.
The incident occurred on 23 April, 2017. Steering away from traditional gender reveal methods, like biting into a cupcake to find pink or blue frosting, Dickey decided to take a more dangerous route.
Dickey and his family set up a target filled with Tannerite, a highly explosive substance. Dickey then shot a rifle at the target, where blue or pink powder would explode.
What he was not expecting, however, was to ignite a wildfire that spread to Coronado National Forest in Arizona.
It’s a boy!
The gender of the baby was never revealed amid the blaze. But now, the footage reveals the target exploded with blue powder.
Congrats on your son, Dickey! Maybe one day he’ll be able to laugh this off.
Twitter reactions
People took to Twitter to react to this newly-released footage.
a gender reveal party starting a 47,000 acre fire is the perfect encapsulation of the hell-world we’ve chosen to live in
— a human, like you (@dying_robot) November 30, 2018
That fire was terrible, but can you imagine the iconic happenstance of your gender reveal party/aka forced gendering turning into a raging, destructive fire?
— Nereyda (@TwittaHoney) November 29, 2018
Mark this date! For the first time in who knows how long all 7 guys sitting at the firehouse table all agreed on something. That “Gender Reveal” parties are f**king stupid
— Steve S. (@FireMedic40NJ) November 29, 2018
How does one have a gender reveal party and accidentally set a whole forest on fire???
— Ally Lujan (@Ally_lulu10) November 29, 2018
Imagine your gender reveal party is shooting a bullet at a target filled with explosives? And then being shocked when said explosives…. explode? In turn causing a massive fire. Damn must suck enjoy paying that $$ back, I hope border patrol in AZ pays well
— None (@sinthiadoll) November 29, 2018
Ahahahahha I’m still dying at that border patrol ageant that has to pay back $8.2 million because he started a wild fire with his gender reveal party
— Vic (@Veezy_DuzIt) November 29, 2018
A thousand reasons why you shouldnt have a gender reveal party but a forest fire got me
— Benjamin Boyd 🌺🌈 (@benjaminboyd02) November 29, 2018