Its the Sequel to the Exploding dogs!

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Exploding dogs pose no threat to estate houses

 

Posted Fri Jan 4, 2008 8:18am AEDT

 

The Northern Territory Government is confident it will not have any problems building a housing estate across the road from a crematorium in Darwin where a dead dog exploded on Wednesday night.

 

Police were called to the crematorium because of a strong red glow coming from the chimney.

 

Staff told the officers that the dog exploded because it had not been defrosted properly.

 

A nearby resident says it does happen occasionally.

 

Territory Planning Minister Delia Lawrie says the new houses will not be right next to the pet crematorium.

 

"Planning is underway, in terms of the actual placing of the residential zones, where the green belt zones will be and where the light industrial zones will be," she said.

 

"Certainly as Planning Minister I can assure people that the residential zones will not be adjacent to the pet crematorium."