Scientifically speaking, spontaneous combustion is a real phenomenon, and not just a plot device in novels. In December 2010, Michael Faherty died in his home in Galway, Ireland. His body was found ...

In a heart-wrenching series of TikTok videos viewed over 5 million times, Vashti (@revivedbyvashti) shares a personal tragedy to spotlight a lesser-known danger lurking in homes and gardens across the ...

Bizarre cases through the years of humans spontaneously combusting and dying have led to questions and theories about these incidents. In the latest episode of TMZ’s "Strange and Suspicious," a panel ...

SAN TAN VALLEY, Ariz. - Officials with the Rural Metro Fire Department released details surrounding a house fire in the far East Valley that possibly started as a spontaneous combustion. According to ...

Flames licked at the dark sky above Frisco on Saturday, Feb. 8, during the town’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event that couples disposing of Christmas trees with a community event featuring fire ...

EL DORADO, Ark. (AP) -- A Jan. 2 explosion and fire at a hazardous-waste storage site was probably a result of spontaneous ignition of a barrel of sodium chlorate that may have contained other ...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash - Fire investigators looking into last summer's Oregon Road fire near Elk, Washington determined that spontaneous combustion sparked the flames that led to the destruction of ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A home valued at half a million dollars caught fire on Tuesday night and the Baton Rouge Fire Department says the cause was spontaneous combustion. Crews responded to a house ...

An Irish coroner says a man died from spontaneous combustion — the stuff of obscure legend and pop culture obesession. We ask a forensic... The lead singer of the fake rock band Spinal Tap, David St.

Oily rags and a can of mineral spirits left behind by a construction crew working on a kitchen remodel led to a house fire Tuesday night, the Baton Rouge Fire Department said. Firefighters called to a ...