A study of medico legal profile of fatal burn cases in Mumbai region

Since ancient time fire is both boon and bane for mankind. Invention of fire was greatest invention towards the human civilization. Fire was perhaps, first double edged sword, it serves as well as destroys life and property. Burn is an injury which is produced by the application of dry heat such as flames, radiant heat or heated substances and corrosive chemicals to the body. By law all heat lesions have been designated as burns. Burn injuries are among the most devastating of all injuries and a major global public health crisis.