Fact Check: Was a funeral home worker accidentally cremated in New York?

Amidst all news that is being circulated worldwide about coronavirus, re are also some bizarre stories that are emerging on social media portals. One of most recent ones claimed that a funeral home worker was cremated by mistake by his co-worker. This alleged accident took place in New York.

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Claim:

News that has been taking over social media profiles is that a funeral home worker from New York was cremated alive because of a misunderstanding by a co-worker. report claims that worker was exhausted from day's work and was taking a nap on one of stretchers. Ar employee mistook him for a corpse of a 52-year-old man who h died due to respiratory disease.  report has also quoted one of co-workers of victim, who claimed that y heard his screams and stop heating system but were too late. Here is a picture of article:

(Source: Weekly Inquirer) 

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Rating: False

news as given by site Weekly Inquirer and shared by people on social media is completely false. Weekly Inquirer is a satire site and hence reports news that are false and done with intention to provide satire on on-going topics. On bottom left-hand side of website, re is Disclaimer given which says that it is satire.

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news was given by a satirical site and is t true

Origin:

news of a funeral home worker accidentally cremated was shared on Facebook as well as Twitter. In crucial times that  world is facing, it becomes extremely essential to be careful of everything that a person shares and posts on social media. Looking at or articles on portal Weekly Inquirer, one can understand how source picks up various topics which are trending and interesting. privacy policy of site claims that site and articles are just for entertainment purposes.

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