Man Burns Down House While Proposing to Girlfriend
A man in England made his love for his girlfriend official by popping the question with dozens of candles, in a display of affection that accidentally burned down their apartment. Albert Ndreu went all-out to surprise Valerija Madevic with the big question in a living room filled with candles, one hundred tea lights and sixty balloons, news agency South West News Service (SWNS) reports. The Sheffield, South Yorkshire man even spelled out “Marry me?” with flaming tea lights on the floor, coupled with a bottle of wine and a romantic playlist. Ndreu briefly left their home to pick up his fiancé-to-be from work, and returned to find dark smoke billowing from the apartment around 8:30 p.m. Three fire crews from South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue rushed to the scene and no one was injured, the fire department said. Undeterred, Ndreu got down on one knee to propose. As sirens wailed and the smoke cleared, Madevic said, “Yes.” The future groom explained that he had been planning the proposal for ...