A hapless fiance accidentally burned down he and his partner’s flat when tea lights he had arranged to spell out ‘Marry Me?’ in a romantic wedding proposal set fire to their living room.
100 mini candles on the floor of his flat so he could pop the question to his girlfriend Valerija Madevic. He then left to pick-up his unaware sweetheart from work and planned to surprise her when they returned.
Valerija had a very different kind of surprise when the couple returned to their flat in Sheffield, South Yorks, and found smoke coming through the door. The couple then called the fire brigade who rushed three of their crew down to the scene. Albert was not giving up, he then decided to get down on one knee anyway outside their burnt-out-flat and the proposal paid-off when Valerija said ‘yes’.
The incident took place after Albert had spent two weeks planning his perfect proposal after buying a ring for Valerija. He decided to surprise his sweetheart by filling their living room with over candles and around 100 tealights and roughly 60 balloons. Albert then went out to pick up his love to bring her home for the surprise. That’s the time where his apartment then caught on fire.
Albert said, “I was planning the proposal for over two weeks – I kept struggling to find the right thing to do to mark the special moment. I wanted to do something from my heart even if it didn’t go exactly as planned.
“Valerija always says the most important thing is the small gestures every day – but I wanted to do something special for the proposal. I bought the most important thing, which was the ring, and I just needed to make sure the day was perfect,” he added.
Source: Daily Mail