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Exploding Pants: What Caused This Unusual Plague in New Zealand During the 1930s?

Exploding Pants Set Farmers on Fire: What Caused This Unusual Plague in New Zealand During 1930s?

Medicine & Technology Oct 20, 2021

An unusual plague hit New Zealand in the 1930s when pants of farmers would explode or suddenly burst into flames when they are working on the field or riding on a horse. But what caused these bizarre explosions?

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Exploding Pants Set Farmers on Fire: What Caused This Unusual Plague in New Zealand During 1930s?

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