Could a person drown in lava?

Well, no. If a person were to fall into molten lava, either within a volcano or in an external flow, they would burn to death long before any ingested lava could affect their lungs. Secondly, a person will not sink in a body of lava. read more

Lava, on the other hand has a specific gravity of about 2.8 to 3.2 - that is, it is about 2.8 to 3.2 times as "heavy" as water. A person falling into a pool of lava would lie within the surface of the lava, and not sink into it, until the person were completely burned up. read more

Lava is magma that’s come above the surface, usually through volcanic eruption. If you fall into a volcano, it’s magma that’s your problem. Most of us probably think of lava in the sense of lava flows, but you could also fall into a lava lake, which is lava that pools in a vent, crater or a depression on certain types of volcano. read more