If you've seen the 1984 rockumentary film "This Is Spinal Tap," you know that one of the drummers in the infamous rock band Spinal Tap exploded into flames during a show at a blues festival. According ...

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — After a recent incident that happened in the area, the North Little Rock Fire Department (NLRFD) has been reminding people of a little-known phenomenon. This phenomenon is ...

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There have been many alleged cases of spontaneous human combustion in history — but such accounts tend to rouse suspicion even among the more open-minded of us. How is it possible, after all, for the ...

A fire that led to the death of an 82-year-old Chehalis woman in December was likely sparked when flammable liniment lotion self-heated and spontaneously combusted, a fire investigator says. Rosemarie ...

Animal and vegetable oils, which are generally considered combustible liquids have a hidden hazard. Previous installments of the Street Chemist have dealt with the physical and chemical ...

Airlines have long lists of items that people are forbidden to carry onto planes, but perhaps the most bizarre food is one that's at risk of 'spontaneously combusting'. Restrictions around liquids ...