Stain-Soaked Rags Caused Blaze, Fire Officials Say

A fire that burned a $1 million home to the ground last Wednesday was caused by the spontaneous combustion of balled-up rags soaked in wood stain, an investigator has concluded.
July 29, 2003
A fire that burned a $1 million home to the ground last Wednesday was caused by the spontaneous combustion of balled-up rags soaked in wood stain, an investigator has concluded.
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