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.

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 thought he lost the engagement ring he bought for his girlfriend when their Altadena home was destroyed in the Eaton Fire. When he miraculously found it in the rubble, he immediately got down on one knee and proposed on the spot!

California man proposes to girlfriend amid wildfire devastation after miraculously finding his engagement ring unscathed in the rubble of their destroyed home.

"I was thinking, 'Well, maybe the stone can survive and maybe we'll find the little stone,' " Brian McShea recalled

Brian McShea got down on one knee after discovering that the gem stone had survived the raging inferno, which ripped through the couple's home in Altadena, Los Angeles.

A true diamond in the rubble. A California man shocked his girlfriend when he proposed to her on the spot after he found the engagement ring he thought he lost in the Los Angeles wildfires along with everything else he owned.