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Injury caused by contact with electricity. Sources of electricity that can cause burns when an unprotected portion of a person’s body comes in contact with them include power lines, lightning, defective household electrical equipment, and unprotected electrical outlets. As electrical current goes into the body, it is converted to heat that can cause extensive damage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e"],"yoast_head":"\nElectrical burns - Definition of Electrical burns<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Injury caused by contact with electricity. 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