Fire breaks out at Salt Lake crematorium [600lb. man's cremation leads to grease fire]

abc4.com ^ | 10/25/2006 | Larry Warren

[yankeedame]

Fire breaks out at Salt Lake crematorium

by Larry Warren
LAST UPDATE: 10/25/2006 12:06:00 AM

A dead man had one final earthly act before moving on.

Fire officials said the six-hundred pound man was in being cremated when his body fluids were too much for the oven.

The body fluids seeped out onto the floor and ignited causing a fire at the Garner Funeral Home in Salt Lake City.

"Those fluids can be very flammable," said Scott Freitag of the Salt Lake City fire department. "Sort of like a grease fire."

An employee used an extinguisher to put out the fire.

The room is self-contained and has its own drainage system.

"There really is no risk or a hazard of it getting into the sewer system, the water system or into the general public," said Freitag.

Firefighters rarely see these kind of fires.

But they say a six-hundred-pound body can create problems during a cremation.

"It really does condense or breaks down that fat into a greasy product, just like a grease fire," said Freitag. "Only a little bit can cause a flame to go up."

The crematorium is back in business and the funeral director said they'll notify the family to assure them their loved one wasn't harmed.

[Izzy Dunne]

they'll notify the family to assure them their loved one wasn't harmed.

How is THAT conversation going to go?

[theDentist]

Damned trans-fats again...

[Eternal_Bear]

maybe they should have chopped him into two and put them in seperately?

[Izzy Dunne]

Firefighters rarely see these kind of fires.

Captain Obvious strikes again!

[Izzy Dunne]

Drawing and quartering, just to be safe.

[bella1]

this is what i get for eating breakfast in front of the computer...I think I am going to be sick.

[Mrs Ivan]

Eeeewwwww!

Although I'm a tad confused by this:

The crematorium is back in business and the funeral director said they'll notify the family to assure them their loved one wasn't harmed.

Do they mean the chap they were cremating?

[dmw]

"maybe they should have chopped him into two and put them in seperately?"

Or three?

[pax_et_bonum]

The crematorium is back in business and the funeral director said they'll notify the family to assure them their loved one wasn't harmed.

??????????

[SpottedBeaver]

Do they mean the chap they were cremating?

Yeah, it would be a shame if he was burned?

[TChris]

they'll notify the family to assure them their loved one wasn't harmed.

Wasn't harmed!? First of all, the man is dead. Second, isn't that the whole point of cremation?

[Tijeras_Slim]

The crematorium is back in business and the funeral director said they'll notify the family to assure them their loved one wasn't harmed.

"You can rest assured that the apple stayed in his mouth throughout the procedure."

[headstamp]

I'm actually amazed that with all the chemicals we consume throughout our lives that we are not classified as hazardous waste when we finally pass on.

[linda_22003]

Okay, I think I'm going to put off lunch until later than usual, today.

[Red Badger]

Freitag? TGIFridays Special Roast Beef !!!!!.........

[MadelineZapeezda]

The crematorium is back in business and the funeral director said they'll notify the family to assure them their loved one wasn't harmed

WTF????????They were burning him aready!Watch, the family will sue for something.

[drierice]

"notify the family to assure them their loved one wasn't harmed"

Your family may rest assured, the fire extinguisher was applied to the deceased with the utmost respect.

[Iowa Granny]

they'll notify the family to assure them their loved one wasn't harmed.

Insofar as their mission was to burn this guy at such a high temperature that he was reduced to ash, I fail to see what 'other' harm could be done that would require an apology or assurance there was no harm done. Puzzling. Very Puzzling.

[Slings and Arrows]

[600lb. man's cremation leads to grease fire]

Michael Moore is dead?!

[Toby06]

the funeral director said they'll notify the family to assure them their loved one wasn't harmed.

ROFL, he was cremated, not harmed in any way though.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I'm actually amazed that with all the chemicals we consume throughout our lives that we are not classified as hazardous waste when we finally pass on.

Don't be talking trash about my wife's cooking.

[Toby06]

I'm actually amazed that with all the chemicals we consume throughout our lives that we are not classified as hazardous waste when we finally pass on.

Think about all the critters that have died over the millions of years and the chemicals they have eaten. Yeah, it's a damn good thing it's not hazardous waste or the entire world would be damn SUPERFUND site.

[Toby06]

Okay, I think I'm going to put off lunch until later than usual, today.

Just don't get a fatty prime rib or hamburger and you should be good. Oh yeah, stay away from Taco Bell, too, you never know WHAT that meat is.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Dinosaurs must have eaten old tires, because they turned into oil.

[JTHomes]

Wow, 600lbs. I wonder why he died? BTW - the story reminded me of the movie The Alamo when Davy Crocket describes eating potatoes from the celler of a burned house, cooked from the grease of Indians they trapped inside. Ummm... taters...

[FarRightFanatic]

"[600lb. man's cremation leads to grease fire]

Michael Moore is dead?!"


I thought maybe Teddy Kennedy died.

[RandallFlagg]

I've never pinged you for a, "Just Damn," thread, but.....

DAMN!

[linda_22003]

I discovered that the first - and only - time I ever went to a Taco Bell! That was literally a once in a lifetime experience. I don't ever need a second.

[mhking]

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[headstamp]

LOL

[headstamp]

Shhhhh, the greenies will start thinking about it.

(grin)

[Sax]

You're not supposed to press down with a spatula - that lets all the juices out!

[cdbear]

"You can rest assured that the apple stayed in his mouth throughout the procedure."

Looking for a towel to clean up the screen and keyboard now......good thing I was only drinking water!!!

[shield]

All I do is feel sorry for those poor large folks. I'm sorry our food industry has created man made food to such an extent causing addictions to food as nicotine is to smokers. Even these so called diet sodas with aspartame has caused addictions and creating even more fat people. Research is now proving this. ;o(

Preservative foods [man made foods] were innocently created for shelf life...it has turned into one ugly monster.

[null and void]

I'm actually amazed that with all the chemicals we consume throughout our lives that we are not classified as hazardous waste when we finally pass on.

Ummmm, actually an embalmed body is classified as hazardous. Formaldehyde from buried bodies has been known to contaminate the ground water...

[B4Ranch]

Don't be surprised to find habeneros seeds in your breakfast cereal after a remark like that.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Probably drywall compound in my mashed potatoes.

[B4Ranch]

LOL I will not tell my wife about that nasty trick! I think she prefers to give me arsenic mixed in with cinnamon.

[Ol' Sox]

See, you have to go low and slow in order to avoid these grease fires. Sorta like roasting a duck...

[Tamar1973]

I can't believe this isn't a Scrappleface article.

[lesser_satan]

This is a bit nasty, but PING!

[RepoGirl]

This is just one of those "Ouch!" moments. I'm sure glad he wasn't harmed while they were cremating him, though.

[pax_et_bonum]

"You can rest assured that the apple stayed in his mouth throughout the procedure."

You are sooooooo bad!

;-)

[tioga]

Yeeoooooooow.

[Right Wing Assault]

Sounds like they were cremating the Goodyear blimp. Good thing they don't use hydrogen anymore. Would have leveled SL city.

[plinker's2sense]

*lmao*

[RansomOttawa]

The crematorium is back in business and the funeral director said they'll notify the family to assure them their loved one wasn't harmed.

"No problem, ma'am, he's OK. We just spread some salt around and swept him up, it's not even slippery or nothing."