A 70-year-old man spontaneously burst into flames while walking through north London.
Emergency services were called to reports of a “man ablaze” near his home in Haringey on 17 September.
Horrified members of the public tried to put the fire out and alerted police but the flames were not extinguished until firefighters arrived on the scene.
The cause remains a mystery, and so far another example of spontaneous combustion: "The London Fire Brigade investigated the cause of the fire but found no evidence of an “accelerant” that would have spread the flames."
(thanks to Ed Webb)
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