Watch: Border agent's gender-reveal explosion is the moment a massive Arizona wildfire started
The Forest Service released a video Monday of the moment a huge Arizona wildfire started when an agent shot a target at a gender reveal party. (Video courtesy of U.S. Forest Service)
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Border Agent Dennis Dickey shot a target that contained Tannerite, an explosive substance designed to detonate when shot by a high-velocity firearm, igniting a wildfire that eventally burned 47,000 acres.
The massive Sawmill Fire is shown erupting from an exploding target, with blue smoke bursting off the fire's fringes, in tall dry grass. The agent later told a federal judge: "I feel absolutely horrible about it. It was probably one of the worst days of my life.”
The massive Sawmill Fire is shown erupting from an exploding target, with blue smoke bursting off the fire's fringes, in tall dry grass. The agent later told a federal judge: "I feel absolutely horrible about it. It was probably one of the worst days of my life.”
