Canadian wildfires: Train surrounded by flames

🇨🇦 A video that went viral on social media showed a Canadian train surrounded by flames near Armstrong, #Ontario. 🔥 Around 835 active fires were burning in #Canada on Wednesday and 112 were considered out of control, according to the government.

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Canadian wildfires: Train surrounded by flames

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