The District of Columbia shut down six funeral homes for operating without the proper licenses, including one that is also accused of not storing bodies at the proper temperature.

The D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs began to examine funeral homes after an inspector noticed some irregularities with one business, said spokeswoman Karyn-Siobhan Robinson. She said the DCRA closed the businesses within the last few weeks. None of them has been reopened, she said.