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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...