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Fire at Crematorium

A six-hundred pound man proved too much for one crematorium.

His body fluids seeped onto the floor and ignited a fire.

Fire breaks out at Salt Lake Crematorium.

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."