DAYTON — A leader in the trauma program at Dayton Children’s said the hospital is seeing a surge in severe burn cases. Since Memorial Day, the hospital has admitted nine patients for campfire ...

If you get burned by a fire pit or campfire, you will end up with a thermal burn, which makes up 85% of all burn injuries, according to Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America.

MassDEP and local fire departments have certain limits on open burning, including bonfires and in fire pits, in Massachusetts.