AN 800-pound (363 kg) body caused a crematorium in Richmond, Virginia, to catch fire last week after the smokestack overheated setting the roof ablaze, the Daily Mail reported.

    The fire at Southside Cremation Services started just after noon as workers had started to cremate the oversized corpse, the report said.

    According to manager Jerry Hendrix Sr., the large amount of fat on the body created excessive heat and oil once the cremation process had started.

    “The body was so obese that the actual body fat came off and went straight up the sack and hit the roof material, the rubber roof we have up there and that’s what made it go up like it did…It was no negligence involved in it,” the manager said.

    Richmond and Henrico County fire crews were called and the blaze was under control with half an hour, according to the Henrico County Division of Fire.

    Three people were inside of the plant at the time of the fire. All were able to get out unharmed, the report said.

    (SD-Agencies)