Gasoline immersion burn without fire

Burns are usually caused by fire; however, contact injuries after immersion in gasoline may also cause burn-like injuries to the skin.A 49-year-old man was trapped under an overturned tractor in a traffic accident for around 20 minutes. The oil tank was broken and his clothes were saturated as he lay in a prone position, partially immersed in a pool of leaded gasoline. There were no flames ignited at the accident. He was brought to the emergency department after more than half-an-hour.Initially there [...]