They include: Doctors group burns into different categories based on how deeply your skin has been harmed. These are called “degrees.” You can have a first-, second-, third-, or fourth-degree ...

Heat index values are expected to be over 100 degrees. If you’re outside, you need to protect yourself from the heat and potentially burns. Here is what you should know about degree burns.

Seventy-year-old Phoenix resident Robert Woolley was getting ready for a swim in his backyard pool last summer when he unexpectedly tripped and ended up with third-degree burns over 15% of his body.

His wife eventually heard him, and she and her son got him inside. He ended up at the local burn center with third-degree burns over 15 percent of his body, as well as some second-degree burns.