These words mean to injure someone or be injured with fire or heat.
The most common word for this isburn. You can burn yourself or part of your body.Burndoesn't always mean that you hurt yourself with fire, but can also be used of injuries you get by being too close to something that is very hot.
Mind you don’t burn yourself.
I burned my hand on the barbecue.
If youscaldyourself or a part of your body, your skin is burned with boiling liquid or steam.
He badly scalded his shoulder under a shower.
Hold your face over the steam, being careful not to scald yourself.
In very formal language, a person who is set on fire and dies, usually as part of a ceremony or protest, isimmolated.
The monks immolated themselves in protest.