Grandfather faces leg amputation after getting severe burns from a fall onto hot pavement - fox34.com

Siler sustained second- and third-degree burns from contact with the hot pavement and could not get up on his own. His daughter, Heather Crook, said he lay on the ground, lethargic and incoherent, for nearly an hour before bystanders stopped to help. Those passersby pulled out sun visors to provide shade while waiting for assistance.

Doctors have told the family Siler will need surgery to amputate one leg from the knee down. Extreme heat turns ordinary pavement into a serious burn hazard, and a fall that might cause scrapes in mild weather can cause life-threatening injuries when ground temperatures far exceed air temperatures.

Summers in the Southwest have pushed heat-related injuries into territory that catches people off guard. He survived nearly an hour on that surface before help arrived, which makes the outcome even harder to process.