La Palma volcano: Drone footage shows 'miracle house' spared by lava

Drone footage captured images of a single home being spared from volcanic lava on Spain's La Palma island, with social media users calling it a "miracle house."

Streams of black lava have advanced slowly westward since Sunday, incinerating everything in their path, including houses, banana plantations and schools.

The lava has destroyed nearly 200 houses and forced thousands of people to flee. About 6,000 of La Palma's population of 80,000 have been evacuated since Sunday, as the Cumbre Vieja volcano continues to erupt.

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[magnalaude]

Owner of the house: I hate my neighbors.
Lava: Say no more!

[Its_like_the_T-Rex]

It's a bitter sweet house. In Hawaii the houses that were spared can no longer be accessed due to lava flow and insurance will not pay because the house didn't burn down.

[floydlarken]

Makes you sure realize how small we are when it comes to nature!

[god_valley]

Its a "Miracle" until you go to claim your insurance and they tell you that technically your house is perfectly fine.

[jumvoo]

“Do we take this one?”

“Nah man he’s chill.”

[davidmeyers]

Fascinating to watch, but so sad for the residents. Stay safe

[departureready]

Makes me so sad to see that house and what the owner is feeling. I remember Harvey and wondering if my home was flooded it's such a sick feeling. Hugs to all the people there bessos Guapos.

[fackingcopyrights]

Im always impressed by the amount of lava that is ejected from a volcano

[smitatoteja]

When I see this it breaks my heart. So many people have gone homeless in a moment. All created these homes with so much love and care and now it's gone.

[lizscott]

How very sad. The people affected must be heartbroken. God give them strength to carry on🙏

[lisakalin]

My heart and prayers go out to you who live in La Palma, Spain. May God be with you all. all the way from
Gold Hill, Oregon. 🙏🕊️❤️

[rubychurch]

Heartbreaking. From Australia, I send my deepest sympathy for this utter devastation.

[dailyreddit.u]

May our parents live more than 100 years and happy

[masere]

It's like "The Survivors" episode of Star Trek TNG where an entire planet was obliterated by aliens except for one house and a garden.

[SuprabhaDeyTalentsToSee]

A home takes years of dedication to be built and taking that away in just a blink of an eye.. I hope they all stay strong in such a tough time

[maryperrysmith]

Such a view of the lava stream. Had not seen that My heart aches for y’all. God be with you

[mjmj]

It's oddly interesting to look at although then so devastating for the families of all those beautiful homes!

[Daviid_]

For anyone wondering, this house got destroyed today September 28th

[JadaCol]

These last 2 1/2 yrs has been hell on earth, my heart goes out to these people 😢🙏🏽

[dougalexander]

I feel so sorry for the people who lost their home.