A couple accused of starting a deadly California wildfire with a gender

California couple whose gender reveal party set off a wildfire last year has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after a firefighter was killed trying to put the fire out.

San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason Anderson announced Tuesday that the couple pleaded not guilty the day before.

The Hill reports that the fire started on September 5th of last year, when the couple held a gender reveal party at El Dorado Ranch Park, at the foot of the San Bernardino Mountains. But a smoke-generating device set the surrounding dry grass ablaze, and after the couple tried to extinguish the fire with water bottles, strong winds caused the fire to spread through national forests east of the Los Angeles area.
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