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Black Gunk Found in Man’s Lungs Exposes an Even Darker Side of Wildfire Smoke - Gizmodo

Reported by Ed Cara | April 21, 2026, 3:40 pm

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The strange injury was caused by hours of inhaling thick smoke, his doctors say.

A case report out this month starkly illustrates the damage forest fires can do to our lungs.
Doctors in China treated a man who breathed in thick smoke from a forest fire. After the man’s respirato…

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