--- title: Oregon Wildfire Wedding Photo description: A couple's wedding ceremony was cut short because of a wildfire. canonical: https://time.com/2852109/heres-an-amazing-photo-of-a-couple-marrying-as-a-wildfire-rages-on/ author: Olivia B. 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In this Saturday, June 7, 2014, photo provided by Josh Newton, newlyweds Michael Wolber and April Hartley pose for a picture near Bend, Ore., as a wildfire burns in the background.Josh Newton / AP  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jun 10, 2014 2:08 PM UTC A brush fire turned wildfire cut an Oregon wedding ceremony short Saturday afternoon, but not before the Aloha pair got to say “I do.” A fire truck rolled up to Rock Spring Ranch near Bend, and guests of Michael Wolber and April Hartley were told to evacuate. The minister conducted an abbreviated ceremony before the wedding party was moved to Drake Park in Bend. Wedding photographer Josh Newton posted the [above photo on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/158889860810714/photos/a.788645424501818.1073741826.158889860810714/788645371168490/?type=1&permPage=1) Sunday, and since then, it has racked up more than 88,000 likes and 8,400 shares. “It was like a movie,” Wolber [told ](http://www.oregonlive.com/aloha/index.ssf/2014/06/aloha%5Fcouples%5Fwedding%5Fphotos%5Fw.html)[_The Oregonian_](http://www.oregonlive.com/aloha/index.ssf/2014/06/aloha%5Fcouples%5Fwedding%5Fphotos%5Fw.html)_._ Actually, it was like a TV show. In the season 5 finale of _Modern Family,_ which aired last month, the same-sex wedding between Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cam (Eric Stonestreet) had to be relocated before the ceremony even began because a wildfire got too close — not to mention the minister’s water broke. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2852109/heres-an-amazing-photo-of-a-couple-marrying-as-a-wildfire-rages-on/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2852109/heres-an-amazing-photo-of-a-couple-marrying-as-a-wildfire-rages-on/"},"headline":"Here's an Amazing Photo of a Couple Marrying as a Wildfire Rages On","datePublished":"2014-06-10T14:08:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:35.356Z","description":"The finale of Modern Family come to life","url":"https://time.com/2852109/heres-an-amazing-photo-of-a-couple-marrying-as-a-wildfire-rages-on/","keywords":["Newsfeed","relationships"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2ce92ce10ced332/698696e5d0b6f27454304ca4/wildfire-wedding-phot.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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