Spontaneous combustion

Spontaneous combustion
Amanda sets some toys on fire.
Held by:	Amanda Strazzulla
Ability to:	Cause things to burst into flames
Examples of spontaneous combustion

Spontaneous combustion is the ability to cause things to explode or burn with one's mind.

Characters

Confirmed

• Amanda Strazzulla is the only character confirmed to have this ability. (Boom)

Unconfirmed

• According to the assignment tracker map, Darryl Blake has the ability of "induced explosion". (Heroes Evolutions)

Limits

There seems to be no limit to the size of an object Amanda can explode as she was successfully able to combust a police car, a dog, and a tree. Initially, she was only shown to be able to use her ability when under extreme frustration or anger and had little to no control over it. The objects Amanda combusts take a few seconds to succumb to the effects of the ability as at first they only start to heat up (Boom). It's unknown if Amanda has immunity to the effects of her power.

Amanda can affect both organic and inorganic objects with this ability. Recently she has shown more control over her ability; she produced sustained pillars of fire (Slow Burn, Part 10) and short-lived jets of flame (Close to You). It should be noted that the latter example was done near Lydia and caused her no apparent harm.

Selected Examples

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  Amanda has burned objects in her room.
  (Slow Burn, Part 2)
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  Amanda has caused Twinkles, a dog, to fry.
  (Boom)
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  Amanda burns her room...
• 
  ..and the whole house.
  (Slow Burn, Part 3)
• 
  Amanda loses control of her emotions again.
  (Slow Burn, Part 5)
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  Amanda closes her eyes to activate her power. (Slow Burn, Part 7)
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  Amanda can use her ability to kill people.
  (Slow Burn, Part 9)
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  Amanda is able to produce pillars of flame.
  (Close to You)

See Also

• For the ability to breathe fire, see fire breathing.
• For the ability to heat objects, see heat generation.
• For the similar ability to create and control fire, see pyrokinesis.