"Trash tycoon reveals how
'miracle' Malibu house survived wildfires when everyone else's burned.
The property was designed to withstand earthquakes and features ultra-sturdy construction,
including stucco and stone walls,
a fireproof roof, and pilings driven 50 feet into bedrock to withstand the pounding surf below.
'I thought,
If we ever have an
earthquake,
this would be the last thing to go.
I honestly didn't think that if we had a fire,
this would be the last thing to go.
The architecture is pretty nice.
But the stucco and fireproof roof are real nice'.
The fireproof design appears to have proved its worth
turning into a fortress against flames.
Remarkably,
Steiner's home seemed to emerge as the improbable lone survivor.
'People started contacting me, saying,
Your house is all over the news',
Steiner said.
One home appears to be standing alone, untouched,
amidst a sea of smoldering ruins in the Palisades fire in Malibu, California."
A $9 million Malibu mansion miraculously survived the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, standing untouched amid the ashes of neighboring homes.
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It even made a headline in my country in Europe
"He designed a fireproof house.
This is what it looks like after a fire in the USA."
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