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.

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

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.

As Brian McShea and Stephanie Raynor return to their Altadena home to search through the debris from the California wildfires, they discovered the engagement ring that McShea planned on using to propose to Raynor — and he couldn’t wait any longer to pop the question.

An Altadena couple that lost everything to the Eaton Fire in early January found one bit of happiness amidst the rubble of their burned home last week.

Brian McShea had already bought an engagement ring, planning to propose to his girlfriend Stephanie Raynor. McShea was afraid the ring had been destroyed by the fire, but as they were going through the rubble, he found it in a charred desk drawer. Shortly afterward, he got down on one knee and proposed, which she accepted.