NBCNews.com | Iraqis Near Mosul in 'Smoke-Filled Hell' as ISIS Burns Oil Wells NBCNews.com Thousands of families are living in a "smoke-filled hell" in Iraq after ISIS set fire to oil wells and created a black cloud bigger than Los Angeles, a charity said Friday. The extremists have torched more than a dozen wells near Mosul during their ... Islamic State burns oil wells to defend Mosul |