A photo authentically shows a bright baby-blue, retro Volkswagen van parked on a street that survived the Pacific Palisades Wildfire unscathed in Los Angeles in early 2025. Rating: True (About ...

Preston Martin figured the retro blue Volkswagen van he slept in for a year during college was a goner, given that he parked it in a Malibu neighborhood just before the Palisades fire ripped ...

A Volkswagen van sits on a road near the burned-down homes of Malibu after the Palisades Fire on Jan. 9, 2025. AP “There is magic in that van,” Martin, 24, said Tuesday in an interview with AP.

Preston Martin figured the retro blue Volkswagen van he slept in for a year during college was a goner, given that he parked it in a Malibu neighborhood just before the Palisades fire ripped ...

A Volkswagen bus sits among burned out homes, Jan. 9, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Preston Martin figured the retro blue Volkswagen van he slept in for a year during college ...

A VW van sits among burned out homes, Jan. 9, 2025, in Malibu, ... Preston Martin figured the retro blue Volkswagen van he slept in for a year during college was a goner, ...

A retro blue VW van miraculously survives deadly Los Angeles fire Published: Jan. 15, 2025, 4:42 p.m. A Volkswagen bus sits among burned out homes, Jan. 9, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J ...

A VW van sits among burned out homes, Jan. 9, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) PLEASE HOLD FOR USE WITH STORY-dog Bodi in front of her VW van on Sept. 30, 2024 in Malibu, Calif ...

A Volkswagen van sits among burned out homes Jan. 9 in Malibu, Calif. Mark J. Terrill, Associated Press "There is magic in that van," Martin, 24, said Tuesday in an interview with AP.

Preston Martin figured the retro blue Volkswagen van he slept in for a year during college was a goner, given that he parked it in a Malibu neighborhood just before the Palisades fire ripped ...