Mystery puts scientists in an impasse

An increasing number of indoor plants for some strange reason suddenly ignited and burned to the ground, baffled botanists. At least 3500 such cases were registered in the U.S. only in the last year .- We are not able to find the cause of this phenomenon - recognized botanist Kevin Dorman. - Science still can not solve the problem of self-ignition of people, and now added to the enigma of the plant.
The researchers found that plants were away from the fire and not exposed to sunlight or heat treatment. In most cases, from the green hill of ashes remained. The most incredible is that the fire would not damage furniture or other objects in the room.
A typical case of spontaneous spontaneous combustion plants occurred in the English town of Blythe (he hit London's Daily Telegraph). 52-year-old Carol Westgarth was at home when she noticed how smoked yucca height of 1,5 meters. While she called the fire brigade, from yucca were only embers. As confirmed by the representative of the fire station, the room had no electrical wiring, and no it does not smoke.
The only thing that the experts found out: Some plants are more prone to spontaneous combustion than others. In particular, goes on African violets and hydrangeas. Some scientists believe that spontaneous combustion plants have something to do with global warming and the loss of the protective ozone layer of the Earth. According to Dorman, it is possible that the level of ultraviolet radiation is now so high that some tender plants receive an overdose of sunlight. They are not able to absorb this energy and ... ignited. And the mystery of spontaneous self-ignition makes them similar to us - human beings.