Irish Man's Death Ruled Spontaneous Combustion

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 25, 2011 @06:40PM from the some-like-it-hot dept.

chrb writes "BBC News is reporting that an Irish coroner has ruled that a dead man was killed by spontaneous human combustion. The controversial finding is a first in Irish history. From the article: 'West Galway coroner Dr Ciaran McLoughlin said it was the first time in 25 years of investigating deaths that he had recorded such a verdict. Michael Faherty, 76, died at his home in Galway on 22 December 2010. Deaths attributed by some to "spontaneous combustion" occur when a living human body is burned without an apparent external source of ignition.'"

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Re:In completely unrelated news by gmhowell · 2011-09-25 21:37 · Score: 1, Offtopic

You're sick.
And you're scared enough to post anonymously.
Can you blame him? Who wants to be the target of a guy with a working death ray?

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