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.

PORTAGE, Mich. — A small church fire broke out early Tuesday morning in Portage. At around midnight, the Portage Department of Public Safety Fire Division responded to a smoke alarm activation at ...

Firefighters in Fort Collins responded to two unrelated fires May 12 they say likely started from spontaneous combustion. Spontaneous combustion occurs when there is a chemical reaction that can cause ...

Questions linger following another fire at Green Recycling Solutions near Maysville, which erupted Tuesday night. Maysville ...

INVOLVED IN THIS. YEAH, THE ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF SAID THE ONLY THING THAT BURNED WAS DEBRIS AND BRUSH. BUT THIS WAS STILL A VERY CHALLENGING FIRE TO FIGHT. IT WAS STARTED AT A STORAGE AREA AT RESOURCE ...

DELL, Ark. (KAIT) - Over 100 bales of cotton caught fire in Mississippi County on Monday, leading to road closures and thick plumes of smoke that could be seen for miles, and blinding drivers.

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 ...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash - Fire investigators looking into last summer's Oregon Road fire near Elk, Washington determined that spontaneous combustion sparked the flames that led to the destruction of ...

Two unrelated fires in Fort Collins on May 12 were likely caused by spontaneous combustion, according to Poudre Fire Authority. One fire ignited juniper bushes outside a business. The other fire ...