Posted on 10/25/2006 8:06:45 AM PDT by 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.
How is THAT conversation going to go?
Damned trans-fats again...
maybe they should have chopped him into two and put them in seperately?
Captain Obvious strikes again!
Drawing and quartering, just to be safe.
this is what i get for eating breakfast in front of the computer...I think I am going to be sick.
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?
"maybe they should have chopped him into two and put them in seperately?"
Or three?
??????????
Yeah, it would be a shame if he was burned?
Wasn't harmed!? First of all, the man is dead. Second, isn't that the whole point of cremation?
"You can rest assured that the apple stayed in his mouth throughout the procedure."
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.
Okay, I think I'm going to put off lunch until later than usual, today.
Freitag? TGIFridays Special Roast Beef !!!!!.........
WTF????????They were burning him aready!Watch, the family will sue for something.
"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.
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.
Michael Moore is dead?!
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