Spontaneous combustion of oily rags cited as cause of Poplar Bluff restaurant fire

Thursday, October 27, 2011

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Fire officials believe spontaneous combustion caused the recent fire at Dairy Queen after employees put hot rags with oily residue into a plastic container after laundering them, causing the rags to build up heat and eventually ignite.

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