{"id":2465,"date":"2021-07-22T22:24:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T22:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsphere.com\/?p=2465"},"modified":"2021-07-22T22:25:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T22:25:20","slug":"gender-reveal-accident-that-caused-el-dorado-wildfire-may-land-couple-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsphere.com\/gender-reveal-accident-that-caused-el-dorado-wildfire-may-land-couple-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender Reveal Accident That Caused El Dorado Wildfire May Land Couple in Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"
A couple responsible for causing the El Dorado wildfire might end up behind bars due to damage enacted. What was supposed to be a memorable day of revealing the baby’s gender sparked a raging wildfire in El Dorado, which led to the death of a fireman. The expecting parents’ baby fever may turn to dismay if they are charged with involuntary manslaughter by the courts. After the wildfire was sparked, it then went on a destructive journey through California’s San Bernadino Mountains swallowing everything in its path and offering a stern resistance to the firefighters who were trying to stamp it out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0Refugion Manuel Jimenez Jr. and Angela Renee Jimenez appeared before the courts on Monday, facing charges of starting a wildfire that killed a firefighter. The couple pleaded not guilty to the charges. In the narration of events on that particular day, Refugion Manuel Jimenez Jr. and his wife Angela Renee Jimenez threw a party at a ranch near the mountain range, which was meant to reveal a baby’s gender on September 5. During the celebrations at the El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa, it was revealed that the couple used a ‘pyrotechnic device to generate colored smoke’ as part of entertainment for the guests. During this time of the year, the mountain area is dominated by brownish dry grass. Since the current weather condition are associated with low humidity and hot air masses, the pyrotechnic device ignited a fire on the grass beca<\/span>use of hot weather conditions.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The dry grass was very quick to ferry the flames all over the area. It is reported that after a failed attempt to put out the flames using bottles of water, the couple called emergency services for help. Dry and hot weather conditions fuelled the flames, and it turned into a deadly wildfire spreading quickly in the dry forest land on the San Bernadino mountains. Firefighters exerted a lot of effort in fighting the inferno, which lasted for about two months. Fireman Mr. Morton was part of the firefighters’ team trying to control the situation.<\/span><\/p>\n Unfortunately, tragedy struck as Mr. Morton lost his life while executing his firefighting duties with peers, and he left behind a grieving fianc\u00e9 Monica Tapia. Reports from his team members allude to how intense flames overran to an area where Morton and other firefighters were busy cutting a fire break meant to stop the fire from spreading to nearby houses. The blaze caused by the Jimenez family in EL Dorado did not only take a man’s life but it was recorded that about 22 680 acres, 36 square miles of land, five homes were destroyed. Four more properties were damaged and some burnt to ashes, and firefighters successfully extinguished the inferno on November 16, which translates to many weeks of living in ‘hell.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to news reports on the court documents, thirteen more people, including two firefighters, were injured while fighting the fire, but they survived. On the Jimenez family’s charge sheets, it is stated they are being charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter and three felony counts based on recklessly causing a fire with ‘great bodily injury. The couple is also charged with 22 misdemeanor counts of recklessly causing a fire on another’s property and face four counts of recklessly causing a fire in an area with inhabited structures, thus according to the San Bernadino County district attorney\u00a0<\/span>[Source]<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n