It is believed to be the first case of its kind in Ireland.
West Galway coroner Dr Ciaran McLoughlin said it was the first time in 25 years of investigating deaths that he had recorded such a verdict.
Michael Faherty, 76, died at his home at Clareview Park, Ballybane, Galway on 22 December 2010.
Deaths attributed by some to 'spontaneous combustion' are when a living human body is burned without an apparent external source of ignition.
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I was on the scene of such a case.A man's body had completely burned to nothing but ashes,but the chair he was sitting in was barely scorched.No foul play was determined,but officials in the US are reluctant to determine "spontaneous human combustion" as an official cause of death
Dam,
Men suffers from "hot flashes", too.
Interesting subject.
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