A photo authentically shows a bright baby-blue, retro Volkswagen van parked on a street that survived the Pacific Palisades ...

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 ...

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 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.

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.

A Retro Blue VW Van Miraculously Survives Deadly Los Angeles Fire. More. Mark J. Terrill. A VW van 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 was a goner, ... A VW van sits among burned out homes, Jan. 9, 2025, in Malibu, ...

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 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 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.

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 ...