Body too fat to burn causes fire, same day CDC corpse handling guidelines updated.

Remember last Wednesday in VA?

500 lb. body causes fire at Henrico crematory
Posted: Oct 08, 2014 12:30 PM CDT

[link to www.nbc12.com]



...and on the same day, the CDC releases "Guidance for Safe Handling of Human Remains of Ebola Patients in U. S. Hospitals and Mortuaries" which includes, of course, a cremation recommendation.

[link to www.cdc.gov]



This made my uncle wonder aloud if the crematorium put too many bodies into the oven... had a blow-out, and used the 'Huge Fat Guy' cover story?

He thinks crematorium ovens are fairly specialized? Probably not a whole bunch of extra ovens that TPTB can easily co-opt?

Lotta BTU's needed to turn a person into ash.