The police watchdog is investigating whether a Taser electric stun gun ignited a flammable liquid which caused a man to be fatally burned.

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Officers attended a property in Plymouth after reports of a man with a can of flammable liquid were made by a member of the public.

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The first incident saw flammable liquid was poured over a car, in the driveway of a house, in Fintry Crescent, Barrhead, at about 22:30 on 10 October.

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At a news conference Thursday, police said Auvinen had sprayed a flammable liquid, possibly lamp oil, on the walls of the school and that he tried but failed to light it.

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Two officers from Devon and Cornwall Police were called to the house at about 21:00 BST on 18 April after reports about a man with a can of flammable liquid were made by a member of the public.

BBC: Andrew Pimlott

The notion that a flammable or combustible liquid caused flames to reach higher temperatures had been repeated in court by arson sleuths for decades.

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Police said the liquid was flammable.

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The liquid inside them is flammable, putting the battery at more risk for a fire than previous airplane batteries, the Federal Aviation Administration has found.

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The situation is made all the worrisome because the hole is believed to be close to a well containing 1.5 million barrels of liquid butane, a highly volatile liquid that turns into a highly flammable vapor upon release.

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