SPOKANE, Wash. - Investigators have found that a Thursday house fire was caused by improperly disposed oil/stain rags that spontaneously ignited. According to the Spokane Fire Department, crews ...

Spontaneous combustion is a sometimes mysterious and often misunderstood or misdiagnosed combustion of flammable materials. I am sure that many fires have been blamed on spontaneous combustion that ...

Investigators with the Spokane Fire Department have determined a Thursday evening house fire in the Chief Garry Park area started when rags, left with oil/stain on them, spontaneously ignited. Someone ...

HARLINGEN, Texas -- Monday evening's fire at a tire recycling company is being blamed on "spontaneous ignition," Fire Marshal Danny Warner said Wednesday. The cause of the fire is preliminary at this ...