In parts of Arizona people are getting 3rd degree burns from asphalt and other things exposed to the sun. [0][1] > “The temperature of asphalt and pavement and

In parts of Arizona people are getting 3rd degree burns from asphalt and other things exposed to the sun. [0][1] > “The temperature of asphalt and pavement and concrete and sidewalks in Arizona on a warm sunny day or summer afternoon is 180 degrees sometimes. I mean, it’s just a little below boiling, so it’s really something,” Foster said. It can take only a “fraction of a second” to get a “pretty deep burn,” he said. For people who have been on the pavement for 10 to 20 minutes, “the skin is completely destroyed” and the damage often goes down deep, meaning it is a third-degree burn. Foster sees burns like that after people survive a house fire. “These are really serious injuries,” he said. [0] https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/24/health/arizona-heat-burns-er/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/24/health/arizona-heat-burns-er/... [1] https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/arizona-is-so-hot-pavements-are-giving-people-third-degree-burns-says-doctor-1.6912635 https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/arizona-is-so-hot-paveme...