'They genuinely believed it was an accident,' Cal Fire spokesman Bennett Milloy told the Daily Mail. 'But I think now they understand the gravity of the situation.'
could be liable to foot the entire bill for the destruction which is expected to cost millions.
Milloy told the outlet that the couple hosting the party was still on the scene when firefighters arrived. "They genuinely believed it was an accident," Milloy added. "But I think now they understand the gravity of the situation."
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