ALTADENA, Calif. — Brian McShea and Stephanie Raynor rummaged through the debris of where their Altadena home once stood to see what they could salvage from the destructive Eaton Fire. While Raynor looked for any items that survived the fire, McShea was looking for a specific item he hoped was still intact.

Their landlord emailed the couple that the house was gone along with everything else, including the engagement ring McShea recently bought. He told KABC that he planned to ask Raynor to marry him soon but had not popped the question before the fires were sparked. He had the ring stored in the back of a drawer in his desk.

Brian McShea and Stephanie Raynor returned to their burned down home in Los Angeles, where McShea found the engagement ring he previously bought and immediately proposed to Raynor.

Brian McShea proposed to Stephanie Raynor after recovering the engagement ring he had previously purchased in the rubble of their burned-down home.