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Canada Wildfires Send Hazardous Smoke Across Northern US States and Toronto

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DisasterJul 16

Canada Wildfires Send Hazardous Smoke Across Northern US States and Toronto

More than 800 wildfires burning across Canada have produced smoke causing hazardous air quality from the Upper Midwest to the Northeast US, with Toronto ranking among the world's worst and a freight train dramatically surrounded by flames near Armstrong, Ontario.

DODavid Okafor

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