Firefighter, Wife Break Down in Tears After Finding His Wedding Ring in Home Destroyed in Eaton Fire

A firefighter and his wife were moved to tears after finding his wedding ring in the ashes of their burned-down home following the Eaton Fire.

The tearful moment was captured as Pasadena Fire Engineer Chien Yu spoke with CNN's Erin Burnett while visiting what remains of his home.

In a video shared by CNN, the two are seen walking through the remains of the home, where Yu and his wife lived for nearly eight years.

After Yu found a piano belonging to their family, Burnett asked him how he felt about seeing the destruction.

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"I don't know. It's just undescribable," he said. "I mean, you know, when we go to a house fire, you kind of detach, you know, and you just sort of do what's best for the homeowner and you put their fire out and we kind of salvage what we can."

"We pull what we can from them," continued Yu. "And hopefully some of their stuff makes it. But this is just gone."

The clip then cut to two firefighters digging through the home to find his wedding ring, before one pulled it out from the rubble.

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"Oh my god!" said Yu, smiling from ear to ear. When asked how he thought his wife would react, he revealed that she didn't know it was missing.

He then showed his wife the ring, and she immediately told him, "What? Oh, my gosh." The two hugged before breaking down in tears.

The discovery was a bright light for Yu, who told CNN that their two kids are "doing the best as they can" amid the difficult situation.

"They do have moments, like when my wife puts them to bed," said Yu. "They've talked about, you know, like, 'I want to go home. I want to go back to school.' And unfortunately, we live right next to the school. So that fire took the school too."

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A GoFundMe has been established to help the Yu family after their loss. As of this writing, the campaign, which has a $300,000 fundraising goal, has raised nearly $240,000 with more than 3,000 donations.

According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, as of Thursday, Jan. 16, the Eaton Fire had burned 14,117 acres of land and is 55% contained. The Palisades Fires has burned 23,713 acres and is 27% contained.

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