A city council said Saturday it was considering using underground burial chambers, currently a tourist attraction, to store the corpses of swine flu victims if the pandemic worsens.Exeter City Council said the empty 19th-century catacombs could become an emergency mortuary.A council spokesman said the plan could be put into operation if the cemeteries and the crematorium could not keep up with funeral demands.....
City plans to use catacombs for swine flu victims
A city council said Saturday it was considering using underground burial chambers, currently a tourist attraction, to store the corpses of swine flu victims if the pandemic worsens.Exeter City Council said the empty 19th-century catacombs could become an emergency mortuary.A council spokesman said the plan could be put into operation if the cemeteries and the crematorium could not keep up with funeral demands.....

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