A man who burned to death in his home died as a result of spontaneous combustion, an Irish coroner has ruled.
Michael Faherty, 76, died at his home in Galway on 22 December 2010.
Deaths attributed by some to “spontaneous combustion” occur when a living human body is burned without an apparent external source of ignition.
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