The 37-year-old ensured that his family were saved from the early-morning fire, but fell unconscious after returning to the house.

A man who was planning to propose to his girlfriend in about a week died in a Christmas house fire after saving several family members, according to officials and news reports.

The family of Steven Weatherford is mourning after he died in an Oakland Christmas morning house fire trying to save them, just a week before he was going to propose to his girlfriend on New Year's Eve.

A 37-year-old man was killed in a fire in Oakland after rescuing his family from a burning home on Christmas morning when he stayed inside to search for an engagement ring that he wanted to give to his girlfriend on New Year's Eve,