Did you know that every time a firefighter in northern Ghana runs into a burning home or a field engulfed in flames, he may be giving up a piece of his lungs to keep someone else alive? Picture a man standing in a cloud of smoke so thick it clings to his skin and sinks into his chest, because the breathing gear he needs is broken, shared, or missing entirely. Men like Abubakar Mohamed and Zakaria Yakubu don’t smoke, yet doctors warn them their lungs look like they do. They breathe in poison to save strangers, then struggle to afford the medical care that could save them. No easy insurance. No guarantee of a healthy retirement. Only the haunting fear that the smoke they fight today will become the illness waiting for them tomorrow.

For the full story and the voices behind these flames, watch and listen to this gripping documentary produced by Michael Ashalley for JoyNews and New Narratives: https: https://player.vimeo.com/video/1216119264?h=8cb04dc2d5