Obese woman's body fat causes Austrian crematorium to burn down

[JBond]

Only you can prevent crematorium fires....only you.

A devastating fire which gutted a crematorium in southern Austria was caused by an obese woman's excessive body fat blocking an air filter, Austrian public broadcaster ORF reported.

The fire occurred at the facility in the city of Graz in mid-April. Firefighters had trouble extinguishing the blaze due to a thick layer of insulation lining the crematorium's walls.

Austrian officials investigating the fire found that it was caused by the burning body of the 440-pound woman. The obese corpse reportedly led to overheating in the crematorium's filter system, triggering the blaze.

Other recent fires caused by the burning of obese bodies were reported in Germany and Switzerland.

Former Graz city fire chief Otto Widetschek said special crematoria for obese people should be set up in Austria to deal with the potential dangers of cremating obese bodies.

"In Switzerland, there is now a special crematorium for XXL-bodies," he told ORF earlier this week.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/0...trian-crematorium-to-burn-down/#ixzz1x8X481pJ

 

[StevenOtero]

Talk about going out in a blaze of flame broiled glory.

 

[Longboysfan]

Hmmmm...... Design flaw.

 

[wittenacious]

:laugh2:

What an inglorious way to go out. Well ... get put out ... eventually. That's a sad way to have to be remembered.

 

[burmafrd]

THERE are so many joke potentials here.

 

[casmith07]

Imagine my face as I read this on the metro sitting next to a couple with a combined weight of maybe 600 lbs.

 

[Longboysfan]

Imagine my face as I read this on the metro sitting next to a couple with a combined weight of maybe 600 lbs.

People like that blot out the Sun.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Imagine my face as I read this on the metro sitting next to a couple with a combined weight of maybe 600 lbs.

You should have told them to get fire insurance.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

That's Hot.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

I'm going to Florida next month to go to Walt Disney World, Cocoa Beach and Universal Studios. I am pretty certain I am going to see a few human manatees down there that will put this dead chick to shame.

 

[BlueStar3398]

I laughed when I read the title of this thread and it's really not funny!

Wow! That is crazy! I have never heard of anything like that!

 

[silverbear]

I'd say that they should outlaw people who weigh that much being cremated, but then I think of the poor pallbearers who have to carry her fat *** to the gravesite...

What's the more humane solution, a crematorium burning down or 8 guys with hernias??

 

[CliffnDallas]

Mein Got!

 

[Muhast]

I'd say that they should outlaw people who weigh that much being cremated, but then I think of the poor pallbearers who have to carry her fat *** to the gravesite...

What's the more humane solution, a crematorium burning down or 8 guys with hernias??

Neither, I suppose sending them off to sea is an option. I know a lot of tribes do that.

 

[The Ominous]

Light my two *** cheeks on fire and it could take down a 5,000 sq foot mansion.

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

Imagine my face as I read this on the metro sitting next to a couple with a combined weight of maybe 600 lbs.

You mean she was 480 and he was a buck twenty give'r take a few?

 

[Lonestar94]

THERE are so many joke potentials here.

:laugh2:

 

[silverbear]

Light my two *** cheeks on fire and it could take down a 5,000 sq foot mansion.

I'll resist the urge to inquire how you learned that...

I always like it when some adversary calls me a fat ***, because the truth is the exact opposite-- I have NO ***... I mean, I'm the kind of guy who can buy a pair of pants that fits nicely around the waist, and if I don't have a belt, those slacks will slide right off of me... like Arnold Palmer, I'm always hitchin' at my britches on the golf course...

If you tried to burn my butt cheeks, you wouldn't generate enough heat to boil enough water for a cup of coffee... LOL...

 

[Phrozen Phil]

I'll resist the urge to inquire how you learned that...

I always like it when some adversary calls me a fat ***, because the truth is the exact opposite-- I have NO ***... I mean, I'm the kind of guy who can buy a pair of pants that fits nicely around the waist, and if I don't have a belt, those slacks will slide right off of me... like Arnold Palmer, I'm always hitchin' at my britches on the golf course...

If you tried to burn my butt cheeks, you wouldn't generate enough heat to boil enough water for a cup of coffee... LOL...

Buy yourself some suspenders.

 

[silverbear]

Buy yourself some suspenders.

Naw, I figure I'll just be the world's first hip-hop 60 year old... I only buy the finest underwear anyway (UnderArmour), I should share it with the world...

ROTFLMAO...