While early reports suggested the wildfire sweeping through Lehi and Saratoga Springs this past week was sparked by firework misuse, authorities now say that it was all a carefully controlled burn orchestrated by madly-in-love Hyrum Byer. 

Aerial photography aided the investigation as the message “Marry Me?” was etched through the burning brush of Traverse Mountain.  

Byer, 21 and newly engaged, said in an interview that he regretted nothing. “I’m in Utah, but not of Utah. I didn’t want a basic proposal in front of the temple.” Authorities are still considering pressing charges. But to Byer, all that matters is that his now-fiance Amanda said yes.