THE centuries-old myth that people can spontaneously combust is real – and the evidence is there to prove it, according to one prominent scientist. Author and biology boffin Brian Ford says ...

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 ...

Four people were displaced after a fire in Silver Spring on Thursday afternoon caused by spontaneous combustion.

A recent rash of fire calls caused by spontaneous combustion has area fire officials shaking their heads at the rarity of several in a row. The act itself seems mysterious and complicated — a fire ...

First things first - yes, it turns out that spontaneous combustion of humans might actually be a real thing. I know what you're thinking: no, it's not. It's just a fire no one caught, or something ...

Mary Hardy Reeser's charred remains were found in her apartment, leaving authorities baffled and sparking global theories ...

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 ...

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The culprit behind a fire that caused half a million in damages after destroying a barn belonging to northern Virginia homeowners was the spontaneous combustion of mulch ...

As if Western Washington residents unaccustomed to sunshine and hot weather didn’t have enough to deal with — sunglasses? sunscreen? water bottle? — add another hazard to the list: spontaneous ...

Nanometer-sized bubbles containing the gases hydrogen and oxygen can apparently combust spontaneously, although nothing happens in larger bubbles. For the first time, researchers have demonstrated ...