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 ...

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 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 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) ...

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 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, ... A VW van sits among burned out homes, Jan. 9, 2025, in Malibu, ...

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 ...

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 ...