The burnt body of a 53-year-old man was found at the fire scene. All layers of the skin are observed to be damaged in the areas of the body not covered by clothes, charred soft tissues and muscles without a pronounced tissue reaction. Histological examination revealed no inflammatory reaction of tissue. I -IV  postmortem burns cover about 45% of total body surface area (TBSA). A compression fracture of the left temporal bone was found with hemorrhage of the surrounding soft tissues, infiltrating hemorrhages in the dura mater, isolated hemorrhages in the left temporal lobe (Fig. 1).