Fears Germany won’t have enough gas to cremate their dead as Putin’s Ukraine invasion brings crippling shortages

GERMANY may not have enough gas to cremate its dead as a result of shortages caused by the Ukraine war, it was reported. The fear comes after Russia reduced gas supply to Europe in response to sanctions imposed when Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine. NewsflashGermany could run out of gas to cremate its dead[/caption] The gas shortage has been made worse by sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelinesRex That has sent prices rocketing and along with suspected Russian sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines has led to rationing some areas of Germany, with the threat of more to come. The country is at phase two of a three-stage emergency plan in a bid to regulate gas consumption to see it through the winter. But according to the head of the Dresden’s municipal cemeteries Robert Arnrich,53, the city’s crematoriums are not in the ‘Priority 1’ category to get supplies. He added “so we would then no longer get any gas”, he told Bild. READ MORE ON GERMANY STUDENT HORROR Girl, 11, killed after being hit by truck outside school in front of pupils TORN APART Nord Stream pipeline ‘damaged beyond repair crippling £35billion project' Arnrich explained that planned cremations in the district of Tolkewitz, Dresden and Saxony would not take place. “Even if half of them are not working, we will still have a problem – just like all the other 160 crematoriums in Germany,” he said. He also claimed the city’s cemeteries do not have sufficient space to deal with corpses that would need to be buried. As well as burial being much more expensive “it is also a question of respecting a person’s last wish”. Most read in News PARK HORROR Neighbours hear screams as boy, 14, stabbed to death & teen arrested for murder KILLER DOGS Tributes to 'lovely' gran, 65, mauled to death by 'out-of-control' dogs GRUESOME DEATH Brit couple eaten by crocs after being ‘brutally murdered & throw in river' MAULED Man arrested & 5 dogs destroyed after woman killed by out of control animals DON'T GIMME SHELTER We're going to move because a bus stop is being built outside our house TAXING TIMES Inside Tory conference chaos as ministers found out about tax U-turn from Sun “Ninety per cent of the deceased opt for cremation. Simply ignoring this wish would be undignified,” he said. When gas restrictions came into place in August, crematoriums in Germany continued operating instead of reducing temperatures. They switched off some ovens, while keeping others fully operational so they do not cool down and require more gas to be reheated. Chairman of the Federal Association of Funeral Needs, Christian Greve, said reducing a chamber’s temperature under 850C is not an option. “If it falls below, odours and emissions develop that are released into the air as environmental toxins,” he said. “It cannot be said in general that a reduction in the gas will at the end of the day save gas. “The continuous operation of a crematorium is significantly more environmentally friendly than lowering the temperature. With a 24/7 operation, consumption is almost zero.” Meanwhile, the Royal Navy has sent a warship to help guard gas supplies after a suspected Russian attack on a pipelines. The move comes after a series of explosions on the Nord Stream pipelines which are feared to have been ordered by Putin. Twin 800-mile pipelines Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 can ferry 110billion cubic metres of gas annually from Russia through the Baltic into Western Europe. Read More on The Sun FLYING HIGH I'm a millionaire at 23 - I fly 2,500 miles just to get my DOG a £900 collar HOT STUFF Mum shares genius way she dries washing without a tumble dryer or annoying racks Two underwater explosions were detected last Monday alongside a mini earthquake. German security services reportedly believe the damage has left the pipeline “forever unusable” – with three of four tubes so severely damaged they are now beyond repair.