A Firefighter Is Killed In California Wildfire Sparked By Gender Reveal Party

September 18, 2020btollesonRSS Sample

A helicopter prepares to drop water at a wildfire in Yucaipa, Calif., on Sept. 5. A firefighter was killed in the El Dorado blaze on Thursday.

The firefighter died on Thursday in the El Dorado Fire some 70 miles east of Los Angeles. The blaze began two weeks ago after an expectant couple set off fireworks to reveal the sex of their child.

(Image credit: Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP)