Nearly anything can start a blaze, especially during peak wildfire season in San Luis Obispo County. Sparks thrown from a faulty catalytic converter. A vehicle dragging a chain on pavement. A hot car ...

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 ...

A new method is proposed based on temperature-controlled self-reaction to generate and release inhibitors in the form of foam at a specific temperature, which can overcome the disadvantages of short ...

Spontaneous combustion, or spontaneous ignition, is more common than you would think, according to Horry County Fire Rescue. Fire crews recently responded to a structure fire that was likely caused by ...

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. - The Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD) have identified a possible cause for the house fire that displaced five people Tuesday morning, spontaneous combustion. Spontaneous ...

Fire officials in Loudoun County, Virginia, are blaming the spontaneous combustion of mulch and potting soil for a fire that tore through a barn. Crews were called to a farm on Lincoln Road in ...

INVOLVED IN THIS. YEAH, THE ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF SAID THE ONLY THING THAT BURNED WAS DEBRIS AND BRUSH. BUT THIS WAS STILL A VERY CHALLENGING FIRE TO FIGHT. IT WAS STARTED AT A STORAGE AREA AT RESOURCE ...