Welcome to the maiden Team Skeptical episode! Ken walks through a deep dive on Fire, Combustion, and Spontaneity for a full contextual look at the validity of Spontaneous Human Combustion. Whether or not he can make skeptics of Libby and Emily may need to be tackled in a different episode though...
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combustion
https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/747-what-is-fire#:~:text=The%20fuel%20must%20be%20heated,known%20as%20the%20fire%20triangle.&text=Oxygen%2C%20fuel%20and%20heat%20are%20needed%20for%20fire%20to%20occur
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vapor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_configuration#Open_and_closed_shells
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_combustion
https://www.livescience.com/chemistry/how-does-water-put-out-fire
https://durathermfluids.com/understanding-flash-fire-autoignition-points/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_Fox_vault_fire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitric_oxide
https://smartasset.com/investing/inflation-calculator#FnhP4gaPUB
https://www.tis-gdv.de/tis_e/ware/fasern/baumwoll/baumwoll.htm/#selbsterhitzung
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Mary_Reeser
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrolysis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wick_effect
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/body-odd/irishman-died-spontaneous-human-combustion-coroner-claims-flna1c6437165
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_human_combustion
