Exploding coconut leaves the crematorium startled

bolton - The English Bolton pulls the bell over objects that are left in coffins. Grieving people are urged to no longer do this. For example, an exploding coconut in a coffin recently made sure that the staff of a crematorium were shocked during a cremation.

Donna Ball, a chief of communal services in Bolton, said that sometimes 'a giant explosion can take place'. Items that are often left in coffins are mobile phones, remote controls of televisions, electronic cigarettes and bottles of alcohol.

The municipality wants to prevent this now, Ball said to the BBC. 'We ask people if they want to take into account items that are left in coffins. Mobile phones in particular are a real problem for us. '

Although funeral directors usually manage to get things out of the box for incineration, things sometimes go wrong. 'Sometimes objects slip into people's pockets. '

According to Louise Walch-Grognet, funeral director in Bolton, she receives many requests from people to leave things with their deceased loved ones. 'So they asked if they could leave love letters, cigarettes and ashes of deceased pets behind. '

Louise can also remember the family of a motorcyclist who wanted their loved one to be cremated in his leather outfit. 'It goes without saying that we could not do that. '

In addition, there was also a time when she was asked if extra underwear could be placed in the coffin with the deceased person.

According to Walch-Grognet, the standard policy is to check after a funeral service if something has not been left in the coffin.