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Man who planned to propose on New Year’s Eve dies in Christmas Day house fire while searching for the ring
An American man who had been looking for the engagement ring and was going to pop the question to his girlfriend has sadly lost his life
He met his untimely death on New Year’s Eve after a house fire erupted.
According to FOX affiliate KTVU. M. local time on December 25 Wednesday, Oakland firefighters were called to the fire in the 3500 block of Oak Knoll Boulevard at approximately 6:15 a.m.
The man was eventually discovered unconscious inside the house by firefighters who were searching it.
Steven Weatherford Jr. 37 has been identified by family members as the victim. KTVU and FOX affiliate KGO claim that.
According to reports Weatherford was searching for an engagement ring when the fire and smoke apparently overtook him.
On New Year’s Eve according to his family, he intended to pop the question to his girlfriend with the ring.
Steven Weatherford Sr. his father owns the house that was damaged in the fire. according to a GoFundMe page that the man’s neighbours launched.
“He loved his family, his friends, everybody so much,” added Mayo, who was unaware that he was planning to propose until the day of the fatal blaze.
According to a GoFundMe page the man’s neighbours launched Steven Weatherford Sr. his father owns the house that was damaged in the fire.
KTVU reports that Weatherford who lived in Antioch was in Oakland visiting relatives when the fire started.
“He was trying to save everybody and make sure everybody was out of the house. He may not have known they all went out the back,” said Weatherford’s aunt, Eunice Smith, according to KGO.
“And my other nephew was calling for him because they were all in the back,” Smith continued, “and they were calling, ‘Steven! Steven! Come out! Come out!’ and they heard him screaming. And he never made it out.”
