Thermal Burns Causes

You may get burned from any hot or heated source or from chemical reactions that release heat.

• Thermal burns
  
  
  • Flame
    
    
  • Scald (from steam, hot or molten liquid)
    
    
  • Contact (from a hot object, such as a hot cooking pan)
  
  
• Electrical burns
  
  
• Radiation burns (sunburn, medical radiation treatment for cancers, welding exposures)
  
  
• Chemical burns