lyrics about noxious smoky fires

^^ yes!

"Smoke on the Water"?

That's the one I was obliquely alluding to.

McLusky, "Chases"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8oyRr1bC1M

this thread set notre dame aflame

let the motherfucker burn!

chrome canyon - carfire on the highway

randy newman - burn on

Yo La Tengo - Let's Save Tony Orlando's House

acrid smoke making him wheeze

(The) Motor City Is Burning - John Lee Hooker/MC5

The car's on fire, and there's no driver at the wheel

Noir Désir - 'Le grand incendie'

(The) Motor City Is Burning - John Lee Hooker/MC5

― Colonel Poo

along the same lines "the natchez burning" by howlin' wolf

and "the school house fire" by the dixon brothers

Dance in the Smoke - Argent

ultra classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw5YZnB07FQ

Phoebe Bridgers - Smoke Signals

And you
You must've been looking for me
Sending smoke signals
Pelicans circling
Burning trash out on the beach

I remember when I was a very little girl
Our house caught on fire
I'll never forget the look on my father's face
As he gathered me up in his arms
And raced through the burning building onto the pavement
And I stood there shivering in my pajamas
And watched the whole world go up in flames
And when it was all over I said to myself
"Is that all there is to a fire?"

Admittedly no mention of noxious smoke, but I'd bet there was some.