Human limbs found ablaze in Santa Cruz

[Janet]

Burnt human limbs have been found on a piece of land in the El Mayorazgo area of Santa Cruz. Police are working, at least initially, on the hypothesis that they are amputations from private hospitals. A local made the gruesome discovery after noticing a large bonfire and upon investigating found that it appeared to be human limbs that were burning. He called the emergency services and bomberos attended to scene to extinguish the fire, along with the Homicide Group and Scientific Brigade of the National Police to carry out initial investigations. No doubt there will be more information on this case in days to come. JA

[Perikles]

A local made the gruesome discovery after noticing a large bonfire and upon investigating found that it appeared to be human limbs that were burning.

Which, etymologically speaking, should have been no surprise at all, at least in English. This hilarious observation fails completely in Spanish. 

[Perikles]

Mystery solved (here), they were bits of bodies surplus to requirements from a private hospital. These were supposed to be incinerated in a crematorium, but all the bits were in cylindrical plastic tubes which the crematorium was not allowed to burn. Presumably, somebody paid to solve the problem decided on a quick and cheap solution.