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Sizzling sidewalks and unshaded playgrounds pose risks for surface burns in Southwest U.S. cities.
Young children, older adults and homeless people are especially at risk for contact burns, which can occur in seconds when skin touches a surface of 82 C ( 180 F) Since the beginning of June , 50 people have been hospitalized with such burns, and four have died.
In Las Vegas , 22 people were hospitalized in June alone at the University Medical Center’s Lions Burn Care Center .
A slide can heat up to 71.1 C ( 160 F) without shade, but a covering can bring that down to 43.8 C ( 111 F ) A rubber ground cover can hit as high as 86.6 C ( 188 F ) and concrete can reach 55.5 C ( 132 F) Many metro Phoenix parks have covered picnic tables and plastic fabric stretched over play equipment.
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