Gender Reveal Party Led To A Wild Fire; How Gender Reveal Parties Are Getting Destructive?
Gender reveals are the sweet gestures to reveal the gender of an unborn baby. Sometimes the couple throws a party to announce while some friends and families surprise the couple.
No matter if it is a surprise or from the parents themselves, it is supposed to be an unharmful sweet gesture. However, these years, it is getting quite destructive.
Gender reveal party led to wildfire in California
On September 5, a couple had a gender reveal party with their friends and family. They used a smoke-generating machine to announce the news. It sparked the wildfire due to the smoke-generating device they were using. The fire spread so fast that it covered more than 11,000 acres till September 10.
The fire that started in California made many people evacuate their houses. The authorities asked the communities of Oak Glen, Yucaipa Ridge, Mountain Home Village, and Forest Falls to evacuate. As per the authorities, the officers are investigating.
How these parties are getting destructive?
There are various ways people use to reveal the gender of their unborn baby. Some pop the balloon while some cut the cake with blue or pink fillings inside.
Besides these, people also pop smoke-generating machines or confetti. These trends are getting more wide with more ideas throughout these years. However, it is getting destructive and out of hand too.
No doubt, there are many revealed parties’ failures due to various reasons. While some fail to turn out as a laugh for people, some get destructive for themselves and the people around them. Almost 3 years back, there was a huge wildfire due to gender reveal. There was a fire in Arizona that burned almost 47,000 acres. It caused damage to over $8 million.
At the time, the father of the baby had to face the charge of a misdemeanor violation of U.S. Forest Service regulations. He got 5 years of probation with a fine of $8,188,609.
Back in 2019, at one of these reveal parties, there was an explosion of the device. The accident led to the death of a 56-years old woman who was a grandmother-to-be.
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Backlash for gender reveal party
There is a lot of backlash against these destructive parties on the internet. People are raising their voices saying people to stop going so extreme. With some parties being so destructive and taking so many lives, people are calling out the parents-to-be.
However, not all parents do extravagant stuff which leads to disaster. Some of the Twitter users mentioned there are many unharmful and calm ways for the reveal. Meanwhile, some called out the parents-to-be who go out of the way to opt destructive way.
One of the vloggers who claims to be the creator of the party raised her voice against it. Back in 2008, she was pregnant after going through a miscarriage. To celebrate the big news, she had a party where she revealed the gender of the baby by cutting a cake. When the picture from the party went viral, it became a huge trend.
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