An expert report on the Austria fire has revealed that the woman being cremated weighed more than 200kg - or 420 lbs - and her size had caused the oven to overheat.

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The press reports state that the filter temperature reached 300C and officials realised there was a problem when thick black smoke started billowing into the building. The device was immediately switched off but by then there was already a fire in the filter.

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