These Mysterious Rocks Caught Fire Inside a Woman&#39;s Pocket
Causing Third-Degree BurnsS  This is weird: these rocks
combusted spontaneously inside a woman's pocket, seriously
scorching her right leg and hands with third degree burns. They
were collected in a beach and look fairly normal. Nobody knows
yet why they started to burn with such strong flames.  The woman
was a mother who spent last Saturday with her family at San
Clemente Beach, in Southern California.  There were seven rocks
in total, all quite small and of different colors. Some were
bright green and others had streaks of colors like orange. They
were collected by her kids during their day at the beach. The
kids played with them for some time before she put them in her
cargo shorts' pocket and returned to their home.  A few hours
later, the rocks started to combust, perhaps because of the
friction as she walked.  The flames were so strong that the
husband also burned his hands while trying to put them out. The
authorities are still testing the