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Freak fire: Man's clothes "spontaneously combusted" while he was asleep — he woke up to flames

Carla Sinclair
Nov 15, 2024
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A 35-year-old cook from Rhode Island lost 90% of his clothes when they "spontaneously combusted" while he was asleep.

Andrew Donaldson went to bed after washing and folding all of his clothes, reports Newsweek. But at 4:00 a.m. he woke up to burning eyes. He then saw his basket of clothes on fire.

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