Spontaneous combustion is when a human can burst into flame within a second.
2007-01-27 02:20:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Yes, there have been a few cases. Often it is when the person drinks a lot, so they have a lot of alcohol in their body, especially in the fat under the skin.
2007-01-27 02:30:36 · answer #1 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ya i believe. There can even be a scientific reason for that ... It is because of nitrogen we are living and are not burnt because it cretes an inert atmosphere and otherwise everything will be burnt in oxygen.It can be a cause of reduced percentage in an area that a human can spontaneously combust without any ouside force
2007-01-27 05:08:47 · answer #2 · answered by imdbestt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes a person can spontaneously combust. I remember they recently found a chemical produced in the body (I believe it's in the stomach) which (when exposed to oxygen) will ignite.
boom.
2007-01-27 14:44:28 · answer #3 · answered by symetrist 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By golly, I think they can. I used to read these accounts, and always the police forensic investigators were left mystified. Sometimes the person would burn completely except for a foot, as if something eventually put the fire out just short of the last morsel of him. It has been suggested that the fat in our bodies acts as a candle, but that is kind of questionable, since the body contains such a lot of water, you'd think it wouldn't work. And it wasn't always people who were fat that this happened to.
2016-05-24 05:10:37 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spontaneous combustion has been reported in literature but cannot be explained by science.
2007-01-27 02:26:35 · answer #5 · answered by Swamy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really don't think so.
2007-01-27 02:24:16 · answer #6 · answered by citrus punch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO
2007-01-27 02:46:17 · answer #7 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋