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+52 322 297 1681

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Av.15 con Calle 8, Col.Centro | Plaza Pelicans Loc.32, Playa del Carmen 77710, Mexico

Death by burning is an execution method involving deliberately causing death through the effects of combustion or exposure to extreme heat. It has a long history as a form of capital punishment, and many societies have employed it for activities considered criminal such as treason, rebellious actions by slaves, heresy, witchcraft, arson and sexual transgressions, such as incest or homosexuality. The best known executions of this type are those where the condemned is bound to a large wooden stake and a fire lit beneath them. This is usually called burning at the stake, or in some cases, auto-da-fé. For burnings at the stake, if the fire was large , death often came from carbon monoxide poisoning before flames actually caused lethal harm to the body. If the fire was small, however, the condemned would burn for some time until death from hypovolemia , heatstroke or the simple thermal decomposition of vital body parts.Other forms of death resulting from exposure to extreme heat are known. For example, pouring substances such as molten metal onto a person , as well as enclosing persons within, or attaching them to, metal contraptions subsequently heated. Immersion in a heated liquid as a form of execution is considered distinct from death by burning, and classified as death by boiling.
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