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    Default Fire breaks out at Salt Lake crematorium

    Fat bloke, burns a lot

    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.

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    Default Re: Fire breaks out at Salt Lake crematorium

    What kind of smell would that have left I wonder


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    Default Re: Fire breaks out at Salt Lake crematorium

    Frying bacon I would guess

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    Default Re: Fire breaks out at Salt Lake crematorium

    My grandad smelt burning human a couple of times in the war and said it was reminiscent of pork. He also stated that as the reason he never ate pork.


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