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A burn is damage to your body's tissues caused by heat, chemicals, electricity, sunlight, or radiation. Scalds from hot liquids and steam, building fires and flammable liquids and gases are the most common causes of burns. Another kind is an inhalation injury, caused by breathing smoke. There are three types of burns:
Chest burn may be caused due to heart pain resulting out of spasm or even lack of blood supply to the heart. One may also experience burning sensation in or around chest due to esophagus which may be caused due to lung pain or even heart burn; these problems may be result of infection or musculoskeletal ache around the chest.