We had a local car burn, but it was extinguished before the whole car went. Dash and wire harness damage, and smoke damage to interior.
Ended up a fight between insurance and VW, VW eventually took car in for analysis, said someone had replaced a fuse with a LOWER spec fuse that led to the fire. VW refused anything to do with it, and insurance company repudiated the claim based on VW's investigation. Poor guy was left paying off installments on a car he could not use. He said he did not have the money to get lawyers and experts involved to take on VW and risk losing.