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		</div><p>Police were called to a Brooklyn neighbourhood on Wednesday after a funeral home overwhelmed by the coronavirus resorted to storing dozens of bodies on ice in rented trucks, officials said.</p>
<p>Investigators who responded to a 911 call from a passerby who complained about the smell, found that the home had rented four trucks to hold about 50 corpses, according to a law enforcement official.</p>
<p>No criminal charges were brought and the official, who was not authorised to speak publicly about the investigation, spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.</p>
<p>The Andrew T Cleckley Funeral Home was cited for failing to control the odours.</p>
<p>The home was able to obtain a larger, refrigerated truck later in the day, the official said.</p>
<p>Workers suited up in protective gear could be seen in the afternoon transferring bodies into the refrigerated truck.</p>
<p>A person who answered the phone at the funeral home hung up without speaking. Subsequent calls went to voicemail, which was full.</p>
<p>New York City funeral homes have struggled as at least 18,000 people have died in the city since late March.</p>
<p>The city set up temporary morgues.</p>
<p>Hospitals used refrigerated tractor trailers to cart away multiple bodies at a time, sometimes loading them in public view on the sidewalk.</p>
<p>Crematoriums have been backed up.</p>
<p>Funeral directors across the city have pleaded for help as they have run out of space.</p>
<p>Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams went to the scene on Wednesday evening.</p>
<p>He told the Daily News,<i> “While this situation is under investigation, we should not have what we have right now, with trucks lining the streets filled with bodies.”</i></p>
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