The fuels (wood and coal) employed to produce artificial heat, require exposure to a high temperature before they will burn, hence they are not subject to spontaneous combustion; that is ...

I have been perfectly familiar with pulverized charcoal and other coal, in connection with the ... which is nothing but slow combustion. The rusting of metals, rotting of wood, and decomposition ...

A research team led by Prof. Shen Yan'an from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has made significant ...

Recent research suggests that the explosion may have been an accident, involving a spontaneous combustion fire in the coal bunker. Some conspiracy theorists have even suggested that sensational ...

Nearly a year later, a coroner officially ruled that he'd died of a peculiar phenomenon, the Irish Independent reported — spontaneous human combustion. This phenomenon, as it has been understood ...