Spontaneous Human Combustion
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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How Does One Proof Water Compare to Actual Alcoholic Beverages?
Vodka, depending on the pe is around a hundred and 35 proofs o a hundred 30, 35 times stronger than your blood would be. Unfortified wine is around 28 proof, and beer is around 11 proof. Under ordinary circumstances, that's not going to happen. So whatever effect alcohol may have on human combustion as a fuel source, it's not much.
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Every so often, there are reports of people bursting into flames for no apparent reason, reducing most of their body to ashes, but with little or no fire damage around them. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what we should make of these reports of spontaneous human combustion and what could be causing them.
