Guilty of Thoughtless Stupidity

An [ignorantly self-obsessed] US couple whose gender reveal party last year was blamed for starting California's deadly El Dorado wildfire face up to 20 years in prison after being charged with several offences -- including involuntary manslaughter and recklessly causing a fire resulting in injury and damage to homes. They face prison sentences "extending" up to 20 years if found guilty on all charges, prosecutors said. Officials say a "smoke-generating pyrotechnic device" used at the gender event last September sparked the blaze, in which one firefighter was killed and others were hurt.

The El Dorado fire lasted more than two months --- 5 September to 16 November -- and covered over 22,000 acres of southern California, destroying homes and other properties.
Firefighter Charles Morton was killed tackling the blaze and several other firefighters were seriously injured.

[Needless to say,] the Jiminez couple have pleaded not guilty.