Gasifier crematorium uses firewood, releases smoke

Thick black soot from a crematorium marred the colourful sky in Chromepet on Saturday and was caught by a TOI photographer. The crematorium, one of two operated by the Pallavaram municipality, operates a gasifier unit using chips of firewood as fuel to generate 800°C-900°C to turn bodies into ashes.

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