"The heavy shelling let out thunderous roars that cast fear into the hearts of the enemy, and left them breathing the thick fumes of death," intones the narrator in English.
Scavengers always set fires openly on site to the waste in search of retrievable materials, a situation which will normally results in thick fumes and ash formation, dissolution and migration of chloride compounds and other pollutants into nearby surface water.
One of the survivors, Guo Xin, 78, told a reporter from New China News Agency that he was in bed when he heard someone scream, "Put out that fire!" He saw a nursing aide climb out the window of a burning bedroom and cry out to him: "Get out, quick!" Guo said he ran outside to nearby wheat fields with thick fumes billowing behind him.
Thick smoke and fumes drifted down a half-mile length of the road as police tried to beat the rioters back.
Often (but not always), thermal cameras can "see" through thick volcanic fume, providing a view of active vents that would not otherwise be possible.
In many cases, volcanic vents are obscured by thick volcanic fume (a term we use to refer to volcanic gas and particles, such as aerosols), severely impairing or blocking observations of activity.
Thermal cameras at Halema'uma'u have proven effective for continuous monitoring of the lava lake because thermal imagery can "see" through thick volcanic fume in the Overlook crater which often obscures the view of the lake to normal webcams and the naked eye (Patrick et al. 2014).
Layers of bilious color and gritty texture enhance the feeling of thick, suffocating fumes.
A wave of heat trapped underneath the hotel portico collided with the thick black fumes and washed over me.
The air is thick with fumes; smog seeps out from the hundreds of wood-burning kilns and smokehouses scattered across this community.
