A charred hole still smoked in the compound's wall.
The charred portal was wrested open.
Some had charred bodies while others were empty.
One of the most striking alterations of cell-walls is that termed carbonization, in which the substance gradually turns black, hard and brittle, as if charred - e.g.
The scent of charred flesh and metal still lingered, and Lana covered her mouth and nose with her hand as she started forward again.