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PHOENIX - The extreme heat can make everyday activities dangerous, and contact burns are on the rise in the Phoenix area.

A man who suffered third-degree burns is sharing his story again as a cautionary tale.

What we know:

Two years ago, Robert Woolley, 72, fell on rocks outside his Phoenix home and couldn't get up. What started as a routine check of his pool quickly turned into a fight for his life.

"I got distracted by birds. I tripped on a patio slab and I started to go down," Woolley said. "I put a hand down to catch myself and I was started by how hot and shocked the rocks were. Reflexively I picked my hand back up and then I went all the way down."

He said the skin peeled off like an onion, and the skin underneath looked like "raw hamburger."

Woolley, who s

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