Gas stations have offered different types of gas for decades. There's a widespread belief that high octane gas can clean your engine, but is it true?

Runaway engine events occur when an uncontrolled amount of fuel is dumped into the cylinders. That could be diesel fuel, or it could be another combustible source like oil.

Scientifically speaking, spontaneous combustion is a real phenomenon, and not just a plot device in novels. CREDIT: Jose A. Bernat Bacete via Getty Images. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter ...

At first, they thought both fires were caused by spontaneous combustion, but it turns out just one of them was. PFA Chief Gene Maccarini said these occurrences are really rare, but can happen easily.

Two unrelated fires in Fort Collins on May 12 were likely caused by spontaneous combustion, according to Poudre Fire Authority. One fire ignited juniper bushes outside a business. The other fire ...

Spontaneous combustion of staining materials causes house fire Tuesday night . Crews responded to a house fire on Twelve Oaks Avenue just before 9 p.m. on Feb. 18. By WAFB Staff.

Oily rags and a can of mineral spirts thrown away by a construction crew working on a kitchen remodel caused a house fire on Twelve Oaks Avenue, the Baton Rouge Fire Department said. Spontaneous ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Spontaneous combustion of wood staining products led to an early morning house fire in Brookside. Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department crews were called around 4 a.m ...

In 2010, Michael Faherty burned to death on his living room floor in Ireland from what the Irish Independent reported was spontaneous human combustion. The 76-year-old man’s case was one of the ...

While the idea of spontaneous combustion of humans has been a topic in pop culture with wild speculation and occasional lambasting, it is not a real phenomenon, except in a diesel.

Hopefully, this is the last of the somewhat unexplained spontaneous combustion connected to the GR Corolla. Image Credit: Wolf and Tiger TAGS Dashcam Featured Offbeat News Reports Toyota Toyota GR ...