The devastating forest fires in Los Angeles caused the burning of tens of thousands of homes and mansions, in a historic disaster for the United States of America.But what happened in Malibu, one of the cities of Los Angeles in the state of California, was extraordinary, so the media called it a miracle.Among the buildings that collapsed and turned into ashes due to the severity of the fires, one mansion remained standing tall among the rubble in a strange scene that even the owner of the mansion did not believe at first.The mansion is owned by American businessman David Steiner and is worth approximately $ 9 million in Malibu.David Steiner, 64, a retired waste management executive and married father of three children from Texas, said: "It's a miracle.. Miracles never stop."He told the New York Post that he thought his stunning three-story California home — which was vacant at the time — was gone when a local contractor sent him video of flames and smoke engulfing his and his neighbors’ property on Tuesday.“The contractor was watching the news and saw my neighbor’s house collapsing,” Steiner recalled, “and he said, ‘It looks like your house is collapsing, too.’”When he got the video, he said, “It looked like nothing was going to survive, and I thought we lost the house. . . . Then people started calling me and saying, ‘Your house is all over the news. ’”“I started taking pictures and I realized we made it,” Steiner said of the extraordinary images of his unique white three-story structure, which stands like a beacon amid the smoldering remains of nearby multimillion-dollar properties.“My wife sent me something this morning that said, ‘Last house standing. ’ That brought a big smile to my face at a really bad time,” he continued.Steiner said he believes the extremely sturdy construction of his property, likely designed to protect it from earthquakes, saved it from a fire that destroyed surrounding homes.“It’s made of stucco and stone with a fire-resistant roof and also includes piles of bedrock to keep it steady when the waves hit the sea wall below,” he said.“I never in a million years, to be completely honest, did I think a wildfire would move up the Pacific Coast Highway and start a fire,” he said.“I thought, if there was an earthquake, this would be the last thing to go away,” he said of the 4,200-square-foot, four-bedroom home, which he bought from a producer. “I honestly didn’t think that if there was a fire, this would be the last thing to go away. And it was.”"The architecture is very beautiful. But the stucco and the fire-resistant roof are really beautiful," he continued.He noted that his home has a unique appeal in addition to its fire-resistant features."It's actually built like a cruise ship," Steiner said. "The fireplace chimney looks like a boat chimney and then the back porch looks like a cruise ship porch. It feels like a cruise ship because you're out there on the water."https://archup.net/envelope-calls-a-break-on-your-relationship-with-your-telephone/
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