A retro Volkswagen van has inadvertently become a “beacon of hope” for Los Angeles area residents as they start to pick up the pieces.

Los Angeles, United States - January 24, 2025 01/24/2025 12:42 am (GMT-0800) COMPTON, Calif. – The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Compton deputies and Los Angeles County firefighters responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian traffic collision at the intersection of West Rosecrans Avenue and South Aprilia Avenue.

The image quickly became a "beacon of hope" for some in the wake of Los Angeles' deadly January 2025 wildfires.

A surprising AP photograph of an undamaged Volkswagen van surrounded by destruction from a Los Angeles wildfire has astonished viewers.

Conspiracy theorists claim blue objects that make it through infernos, like this Volkswagen, are evidence of something sinister.

The heartwarming story of a classic Volkswagen that survived the devastating Palisades Fire, becoming a beacon of hope for a community in despair.

Amid the unbelievable destruction left behind by the Palisades Fire, a Volkswagen Beetle that was in the middle of the flames is still intact.

ALBAWABA - Shocking footage has been emerging from Los Angeles as firefighters are bracing to combat the wildfire that has been going on for many days. However, a Volkswagen van was able to beat ...

The death toll from the Los Angeles-area wildfires is 24 people, according to the LA County Medical Examiner. The medical examiner reported an additional death Tuesday, but the remains found were not human remains.

LOS ANGELES -- Preston Martin figured the retro blue Volkswagen bus he slept in for a year during college was a goner, given that he parked it in a Malibu neighborhood just before the 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 ...

Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared across the Los Angeles area.