How Did the Yucaipa Fire Start?
The El Dorado Fire Erupted on Sept. 5 When the Couple and Their Young Children Staged a Baby Gender Reveal at El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa, at the Foot of...
The El Dorado Fire erupted on Sept. 5 when the couple and their young children staged a baby gender reveal at El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa, at the foot of the San Bernardino Mountains. A smoke-generating pyrotechnic device was set off in a field and quickly ignited dry grass on a scorching day.
What started the El Dorado Fire?
The El Dorado fire started Sept. 5 at El Dorado Ranch Park when sparks from a pyrotechnic device used to generate colored smoke — which color has not been revealed — during a gender-reveal photo shoot ignited dry brush on an unseasonably warm day, Cal Fire's San Bernardino Unit said.
How did the Yucaipa fire get started?
The state agency said the fire started at El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa on Saturday morning, when a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device at the party sparked the flames. The wildfire broke out at 10:23 a.m., spreading to areas further north and triggering mandatory evacuations, officials said.
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