Retro blue VW van miraculously survives deadly Palisades fire: ‘It makes no sense' Two days before the Palisades fire erupted, Preston Martin parked the 1977 Volkswagen Type 2 on a flat spot up ...

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 Tuesday, June 17 86°F / Cape ...

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 ...