No one was hurt in a house fire in western Travis County Monday morning, but the home has extensive damage. Lt. Jack Frost with the Westlake Fire Department says the homeowners were drinking their ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -– The cause of a 4 a.m. fire at a Lafayette business was likely due to oily rags stacked in a large plastic bag that spontaneously ignited. According to the Lafayette Fire ...

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)- Two homes were damaged in an overnight fire in Arapahoe County caused by spontaneous combustion. South Metro Fire Rescue crews were able to put out the flames and hot ...

PORT ANGELES — A fire was confined to a garage and emergency officials believe it was caused by the spontaneous combustion of oil-soaked rags. There were no injuries to two adults and a child who ...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Fire officials believe spontaneous combustion caused the recent fire at Dairy Queen after employees put hot rags with oily residue into a plastic container after laundering them, ...

FALCONER — Spontaneous combustion of mineral oil-soaked cotton rags in a plastic garbage can caused heavy smoke to fill Falconer Central School early Thursday. No damage was reported after a fire ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A garage fire early Tuesday morning that caused about $30,000 in damage to a home in Deschutes River Woods was caused by spontaneous combustion of oily rags from a commercial ...

Spontaneous combustion of mineral oil-soaked rags was the cause of a small fire early Thursday at Falconer Central School. No damage was reported at the school, which had a two-hour delay to clear the ...

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 ...

A Spontaneous ignition of oil stained rags caused a house fire that injured a firefighter and displaced two people. Investigators said that an internal chemical or biological reaction produced enough ...

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SPOKANE, Wash. - On Saturday, Sept. 10, firefighters from Spokane Fire Department (SFD) and Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD) urgently responded to reports of a fire at Felts Field Spokane Airport ...