‘Forest fire’: Outrage at couple’s explosive gender reveal

A couple’s gender reveal has gone viral on TikTok, involving sending explosive sparks into the air near several flammable trees.

A couple has gone viral on TikTok after posting a video of their gender reveal party, which involved sending explosive sparks into the air near several flammable trees.

As reported by the New York Post, the clip, posted in early December, has been viewed nearly 21 million times.

The video shows the family in front of a huge sign that reads “oh baby”, decorated with pink and blue balloons.

Within seconds, explosions around the sign go off sending torrents of pink smoke and confetti into the air to announce that the baby is a girl.

The couple is seen jumping for joy at the prospect of their new addition to the family.

A now-viral gender reveal video on TikTok has sparked a debate on social media. Picture: TikTok

But some TikTok users did not find the couple’s explosive stunt a cause for celebration – especially since it could have caused a forest fire.

“Baby announcement or forest fire,” wrote one user.

“This could have gone wrong in so many levels,” commented another.

“Forest fire aesthetic,” said a third.

“Right underneath the very nonflammable eucalyptus trees,” a fourth person said.

However, others enjoyed the spectacle.

“If it takes all my life earnings to make my gender reveal like this, then I will spend it in an instant,” declared one.

“I don’t want a gender reveal bc its so unnecessary but this absolutely could work,” said a second person.

“I was NOT expecting that,” a third wrote.

Within seconds, explosions around the sign go off sending torrents of pink smoke and confetti into the air. Picture: TikTok

The couple is seen jumping for joy at the prospect of their new addition to the family. Picture: TikTok

The concern from some social media users comes after a gender reveal party in September 2020 sparked a deadly wildfire in California that raged across 10,000 acres of land.

And in December 2018, an Australian family set their car ablaze after they equipped their vehicle with special smoking tyres to blow pink smog to announce their baby’s gender.

The numerous gender announcement tragedies led mummy blogger Jenna Karvunidis – the 39-year-old who is credited with “inventing” the gender reveal party – to apologise for leading the movement.

“Who cares what gender the baby is?” Karvunidis wrote in a viral July 2019 Facebook post.

“Assigning focus on gender at birth leaves out so much of their potential and talents that have nothing to do with what’s between their legs.”

This article originally appeared on the New York Post and was reproduced with permission