Couple pleads guilty over gender reveal party that sparked California wildfire

Refugio Jimenez Jr and Angela Renee Jimenez plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter over firefighter killed battling fire

A California couple whose gender-reveal party caused a fatal California wildfire pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter on Friday.

Refugio Jimenez Jr and his partner, Angela Renee Jimenez, also pleaded guilty to several other counts in connection to a the El Dorado fire, which they set off at a ranch park in Yucaipa, California, on 5 September 2020, when a firework used in a photo shoot set the dry grass on fire.