Bloke Announces Pregnancy, Inadvertently Starts A Humungous Wildfire

A bloke in Arizona has allegedly, inadvertently, started a 19,000-hectare wildfire when celebrating the news of his wife's pregnancy.

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The New York Post reports that Dennis Dickey pleaded guilty last month to igniting the fire, which reportedly caused more than $A11.3 million worth of damage and took almost 800 firefighters to extinguish.

Dickey reportedly shot a target set-up in a field containing Tannerite, a legal (and highly explosive) substance meant to detonate when shot by a high velocity firearm.

Once the target the hit, the colour of the powder inside was revealed, therefore announcing to the world that the Dickey's were expecting a boy.

What he probably wasn't expecting was a humungous fire. Obviously.

Written by: @dantheinternut