A volcano can cause a burn by multiple mechanisms.
Ways that a volcano can cause a burn include:
(1) hot thermal pool or spring
(2) boiling lahar
(3) steam
(4) other hot gases
(5) lava
(6) lava bomb
(7) recently solidified lava
(8) pyroclastic flow
(9) fire set off by lava
(10) acid burns
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