When the Palisades fire tore through a Malibu neighborhood, reducing homes and cars to rubble, Preston Martin assumed the retro blue Volkswagen van he once lived in during college was lost.

Amid the rubble of the wildfires, a blue Voklswagen van from the 1970s somehow remained untouched. The van belonged to surfboard designer Megan Weinraub who was surfing with friends in Malibu just ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A VW van sits among burned out homes, Jan. 9, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) This photo ...

A surprising AP photograph of an undamaged Volkswagen van surrounded by destruction from a Los Angeles wildfire has astonished viewers Preston Martin figured the retro blue Volkswagen van he slept ...

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 ...

Two days before the Palisades fire erupted, Preston Martin parked the 1977 Volkswagen Type 2 on a flat spot up the hill from the Getty Villa NBC Universal, Inc. Preston Martin figured the retro ...

A Retro Blue VW Van Miraculously Survives Deadly Los Angeles Fire 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 ...