At first, they thought both fires were caused by spontaneous combustion, but it turns out just one of them was. PFA Chief Gene Maccarini said these occurrences are really rare, but can happen easily.

CROSSLAKE-Firefighters from Crosslake were able to stop a fire from spreading Sunday night at a residence on the 14000 block of Wildwood Drive in Crosslake. Firefighters were called to a structure ...

SAN TAN VALLEY, Ariz. - Officials with the Rural Metro Fire Department released details surrounding a house fire in the far East Valley that possibly started as a spontaneous combustion. According to ...

LAKE TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Firefighters in Lake Ariel say they've never seen anything like the fire that destroyed a restaurant and some apartments last week. It was caused by spontaneous combustion after ...

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 ...

Oily rags and a can of mineral spirits left behind by a construction crew working on a kitchen remodel led to a house fire Tuesday night, the Baton Rouge Fire Department said. Firefighters called to a ...

Five Seaford residents were displaced on Saturday morning after "spontaneous combustion" sparked a fire that seriously damaged their new home, according to Nassau County Chief Fire Marshal Michael ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Multiple agencies were on the scene of a combustion c ar fire Monday afternoon on C-470 in Highlands Ranch that temporarily stopped westbound traffic. As of 1:55 p.m., both westbound ...