Figure 1.

Representative pathological alterations in fire-related fatalities death cases and experimentally exposed cadavers to heat; Group A (A) charring of the skin and soot deposits on the surface of the skin (B) retraction of the lips and tongue (C) soot deposits on the trachea lumen; (D) no thermal injuries at external examination (E) cherry-red discoloration of the oral mucosa (F) soot deposits on the trachea lumen. Group B: (G) mild cherry-red discoloration of the postmortem lividity (H) reddish color of the oral mucosa (I) mild soot deposits on the trachea lumen. Group C: (L) charring and splitting of the skin with limbs partially flexed (M) oral mucosa showing a pale pink to white color (N) moderate soot deposits on the surface of the tongue (O) charring and splitting of the skin with limbs partially flexes (P) pale pink color of the oral mucosa (Q) moderate amount of soot deposits on the surface of the larynx.