A California man left his girlfriend stunned when he proposed right after discovering the engagement ring he believed was lost in the Los Angeles wildfires, which had consumed all their possessions.

Brian McShea and Stephanie Raynor visited their now-destroyed home in Altadena on Friday, hoping to recover any items that survived the Eaton Fire. During their visit, McShea decided to look for the ring, as reported by ABC 7 Los Angeles.

On January 7, the couple evacuated their home before it was completely destroyed by the Eaton Fire, which burned over 14,000 acres in LA. This fire was part of a series of wildfires across Los Angeles County that destroyed more than 16,000 structures and resulted in at least 28 deaths earlier this month.

McShea suggested that Raynor help search through the debris near where his desk—where he had hidden the ring in a drawer—used to be, but he didn't reveal his true intentions.

"I was thinking, ‘Well, maybe the stone can survive and maybe we’ll find the little stone.’ I thought the ring was going to completely disintegrate," he told the station.

Despite low expectations, McShea searched for anything shiny.

"So we’re digging around where my desk is, again just looking for a stone — man, I really didn’t have a lot of hope," he shared with the local news outlet. "But you just brush away some rubble and there’s a little ring, and you pick that up and it’s actually a washer to something, and that happened like four times, and then you pick it up, and there’s a little diamond."

Having planned to propose soon before the fire, McShea couldn’t wait any longer and asked Raynor to marry him right there among the remains of their house.

"And I was on my knees and I was like, ‘Hey, will you marry me?’" he said. "And I’m in complete PPE, zipped up with the white hood and everything."

"And I’m crying," Raynor added.

While the couple has yet to set a wedding date, they wish to stay in the area and rebuild their home.

"We’re really hoping that Los Angeles can support Altadena in its rebuild effort for the next couple years and we’re able to return because this community is just so special," McShea told ABC 7 LA.