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Canada: Viral video shows freight train engulfed in flames amid Ontario's 100+ active wildfires
On July 16, 2026, a viral video credited to AP shows a freight train surrounded by a wall of flames in Ontario, Canada, as the province battles more than 100 simultaneous wildfires. Hundreds of evacuation orders have been issued across Ontario, and Toronto is choked by thick smoke from the raging blazes. The crisis extends beyond North America: burned areas across Europe are 40 to 60 percent above average for July 2026. Active fires are devastating northern Algeria and the Fontainebleau forest in France. In French-speaking Switzerland, several cantons have imposed water restrictions due to record precipitation deficits dating back to 1864.