Spontaneous Human Combustion

Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC) is the phenomenon of living, or recently deceased, individuals igniting in flames without any obvious external fire source.� In a number of cases SHC most likely has an external ignition source, such as cigarettes, that causes a Wick Effect. The Wick Effect is set in motion when even a small area of clothing, or hair, is lit ablaze which in turn cuts the skin releasing subcutaneous fat.� This fat then melts and...