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Twitter reacts to gender reveal that started 45,000 acre fire

Twitter reacts to video showing how a gender reveal party started a 45,000 acre fire.

North West health MEC Madoda Sambatha las launched an investigation to establish why newborn babies were put in boxes at Mafikeng Provincial Hospital. Stock photo.
North West health MEC Madoda Sambatha las launched an investigation to establish why newborn babies were put in boxes at Mafikeng Provincial Hospital. Stock photo. (123RF/Nat Bowornphatnon)

On Tuesday, US authorities revealed footage showing how a fire that ravaged 45,000 acres of land began during a gender reveal party.

Time reported that in 2017, Dennis Dickey, a border patrol agent from Arizona, was excited at welcoming a new baby into his family and decided to have an unforgettable gender reveal. 

The idea was that he would shoot at a target and the colour of the smoke would let his friends and family know if he was expecting a son or a daughter. 

Dickey didn't think beyond the colour of the smoke as he fired at the target surrounded by tall, dry grass.

Dickey and his wife were going to have a baby boy but there wasn't much of a celebration after the blue smoke.

The blaze, dubbed "Sawmill fire'", destroyed 45,000 acres of land and the resultant damages were estimated to be $8mil. 

According to TimesLIVE, Dickey pleaded guilty to a charge of causing fire without a permit. He was ordered to pay $220,000.

Despite Dickey's remorse, people on social media are unforgiving.

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