The Verge, 6/30/15:
Two feared dead after passenger self-immolates on Japanese bullet train
Japanese media are reporting that two people are feared dead after an apparent act of self-immolation on a bullet train. "We have been informed that there was a passenger in a car on the train who covered him or herself with oil and set it on fire," a spokesperson for Japan Rail told AFP. A man and a woman are dead, with around 20 others injured, NHK reports. TBS has footage of passengers evacuating the smoke-filled carriage.