Cremations halted over oil shortage from the Iran war: ‘Never seen anything like this’

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Even the dead aren’t immune to the oil shortage sparked by the Iran war . Gas-based cremations are now being halted in parts of several predominantly Buddhist and Hindu countries because of worsening fuel shortages triggered by the ongoing conflict, according to reports. The largest crematorium in India’s state of Maharashtra was forced to temporarily stop all gas-fired cremations because of the scarcity of fuel, India Now magazine reported . Vaikunth Dham, located in the city of Pune, relies