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Wildfire smoke from Ontario and northern Minnesota blankets New York and the Northeast ahead of the Spain–Argentina World Cup final at MetLife Stadium, with air quality expected to improve by Sunday after thunderstorms.
Namaygoosisagagun First Nation (Collins First Nation) in northwestern Ontario was evacuated by boat as a fast-moving wildfire destroyed homes; about 25 of roughly 60 residents fled, while leaders fault government delays in aid for near-band communities and say Ontario-wide fires are degrading air quality from Thunder Bay to Toronto.
Dramatic video shows a freight train surrounded by wildfires near Armstrong, Ontario, as more than 100 fires burn across the province; smoke blankets Toronto and is forecast to drift into the United States, while CN Rail says workers were rescued and operations are temporarily suspended in the region.