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Description : Can paper towels soaked in canola oil spontaneously combust?

Last Answer : First of all, canola oil has a fairly high smoke point, 400 degrees F. And canola oil is not volatile; the oil doesn't give off a lot of gasses at normal atmospheric temperatures. As a ... because anything in the trash might catch an errant flame/lit grease splatter and cause the trash to light.

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