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A video of a shirtless man asking a news presenter for a date on live TV has gone viral[YOUTUBE]

Courtney Friel was covering a wildfire in Los Angeles when she spotted a man standing on the smoke-filled street and approached him to ask a question.

But the confident man quickly complimented the 34-year-old blonde bombshell for her looks and swiftly asked her out for a romantic evening together.

She put the microphone to the man, who was holding a cute Jack Russell, and said: "Sir, do you live around here?"

Courtney Friel was covering a wildfire in Los Angeles when she spotted the shirtless man [YOUTUBE]

Video of shirtless man asking news presenter Courtney Friel for date on live TV goes viral

Not beating around the bush, he said: "Yeah. Wow, you're super pretty - you want to go on a date sometime?"

The experienced journalist brushed aside his advances and replied: "We're on the air live right now on KTLA actually.

"Do you live in one of these houses, are you evacuating?"

Sheepishly, the man said: "I live down the street, I was just checking out the fire."

She then asked: "What do you think of it?"

The man did not beat around the bush and quickly asked the blonde out on a date [YOUTUBE]

He replied that it was "pretty cool" before he walked off and the news presenter continued her segment.

The video was posted on YouTube yesterday and since then has gone viral, notching up more than half a million views.

Beautiful blonde Courtney Friel has appeared in men's magazines FHM and Maxim [GETTY]

Ms Friel, who is married with two children, took to Twitter afterwards to joke about how the shirtless man did not see her ring.

She tweeted: "Clearly he didn't see my ring Hubs".

She also posted: "Wonder where he would have taken me on a date? #ShirtlessDudeAsksMeOutOnliveTV".

More than 800 firefighters tackled the blaze in the neighbourhood of Rancho Cucamonga and thousands of homes were evacuated.

Ms Friel, who has previously worked for the Fox News Channel, has also appeared in men's magazines FHM and Maxim.