Dead obese woman had so much body fat she set the building on fire during her cremation
* Crematorium oven reached 300C and set alight to the filter
* Black smoke billowed into the building
* Firefighters battled the blaze in special breathing kit, but got covered in burnt grease
* Officials call for weight limit on bodies to be cremated
By Helen Collis
PUBLISHED: 5 June 2012
Austrian crematorium officials have blamed a deceased woman's obesity for causing a blaze which had to be tackled by firefighters.
Firemen in the southern city of Graz were covered in thick sticky soot as they tried to prevent the blaze from taking hold of the building.
The case has been widely reported in Austrian media, including in the ORF - the country's equivalent of our BBC - and has ignited calls for a weight limit on bodies to protect against future fires.
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