Irishman's Death Ruled "Spontaneous Human Combustion"
A coroner in Ireland has officially ruled a man's death as being caused by spontaneous human combustion. 76 year-old Galway resident Michael Faherty was found "lying on his back in a small sitting room, with his head closest to an open fireplace" in which a fire was burning. Although the room was undamaged (except for the part directly below and directly above Mr. Faherty's body), "the body had been totally burned."
