Burning Safely

Not your safety of course, you are dead, and in any case the whole point of the process is your destruction. But there are a number of risks to crematorium staff and equipment. Heart pacemakers, whose batteries ignite in the intense heat, must be removed prior to cremation.



Many crematoriums refuse to allow possessions to be cremated along with there owner. In Sweden explosive farewell tokens such as bottles of alcohol, ammunition cartridges and pieces of fireworks have been put in coffins.