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    Irish spontaneous Combustion

    BBC News - 'First Irish case' of death by spontaneous combustion


    #2
    Baffling. Anyone any ideas?
    Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
    Feist - I Feel It All
    Feist - The Bad In Each Other (Later With Jools Holland)

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      #3
      Originally posted by PAH View Post
      Baffling. Anyone any ideas?
      This thread sheds some possible light on the matter:
      http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...ry-solved.html
      Coffee's for closers

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        #4
        Jesus, two in one day. This is getting out of control now.

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          #5
          Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
          This thread sheds some possible light on the matter:
          [thread censored due to not being in the public interest]
          Nah. Nothing's that simple. If it eludes the finest minds of forensic science, it must be as hard to fathom as particles that can travel faster than light. If only Einstein was still alive.
          Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
          Feist - I Feel It All
          Feist - The Bad In Each Other (Later With Jools Holland)

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            #6
            perhaps with Global Warming we'll see more of these
            Coffee's for closers

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              #7
              Yep. As more old folk struggle to pay the heating bill extreme solutions will be found.
              Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
              Feist - I Feel It All
              Feist - The Bad In Each Other (Later With Jools Holland)

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                #8
                There was a documentary many years ago in which someone (an experienced fire investigator I think) explained his theory. Unfortuately I can't remember the detail, which is going to spoil my post a little.

                It's always an old person in a sealed room near a fire, and although they are burnt up, little else is damaged.

                I think the lack of damage elsewhere was due to insufficient oxygen in the room for fire to spread, but the body is able to slowly smoulder away, with body fat providing fuel for the fire.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by IR35 Avoider View Post
                  There was a documentary many years ago in which someone (an experienced fire investigator I think) explained his theory. Unfortuately I can't remember the detail, which is going to spoil my post a little.

                  It's always an old person in a sealed room near a fire, and although they are burnt up, little else is damaged.

                  I think the lack of damage elsewhere was due to insufficient oxygen in the room for fire to spread, but the body is able to slowly smoulder away, with body fat providing fuel for the fire.
                  Yes - I remember that. I think there was a hogroast analogy. Often the feet were left.

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