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The painful, burning sensation is caused by rising stomach acid. It moves from your stomach, where the lining is resistant to its corrosive effects, up into your esophagus, the lining of which is not similarly protected. It can climb all the way from the bottom of the esophagus all the way up into the throat.
Chest burn may be caused due to heart pain resulting out of spasm or even lack of blood supply to the heart. One may also experience burning sensation in or around chest due to esophagus which may be caused due to lung pain or even heart burn; these problems may be result of infection or musculoskeletal ache around the chest.