Burning Love: Firefighter Proposes to Girlfriend at Graduation Ceremony

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Updated 18 December 2018 at 6:14 am

It was more wedding bells than alarm bells when one new recruit to the Marin County fire service, in Florida, chose his December 14 graduation ceremony as the perfect moment to pop the question to his girlfriend.

New firefighter Matthew Schotanus proposed to his girlfriend as his class graduated into service with Martin County Fire Rescue.

This footage shows Schotanus get down on one knee after his girlfriend finished pinning on his badge. Credit: Martin County Fire Rescue via Storyful

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