Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is a cases of the burning of a living human body without an apparent external source of ignition. A person -- bursts into flame from a chemical reaction within, apparently without being ignited by an external heat source.Can humans spontaneously burst into flames? A lot of people think spontaneous human combustion is a real occurrence, but most scientists aren't convinced.The first known account of spontaneous human combustion came from the Danish anatomist Thomas Bartholin in 1663, who described how a woman in Paris "went up in ashes and smoke" while she was sleeping.
