VIDEO/PHOTOS: Wild video shows a freight train surrounded by huge flames from the roaring Canadian wildfires near Armstrong, Ontario.

According to local sources, three Canadian National Railway Company (CN Rail) trains were halted on their tracks because of the fires in the area.

“This could potentially overtake us here,” said one man on the train. “This has gotten a little scary.” Flames can be seen whipping against the windows of the train as two of the operators inside communicated over the radio for help.

“Ya’ll need to hurry up here. We’re encased in flames now.” Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said that three trains carrying combustible and flammable materials were stopped shortly before 5:00 p.m.

During the video, another train is seen passing the caught train, much to the relief of the crew on board. Sources tell FOX Weather that the crew seen in the video is safe.

OPP released a statement saying, “While there is no immediate threat to public safety, emergency responders and railway officials are working together to assess conditions and support ongoing safety measures.”

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VIDEO: The leading cause of line-of-duty deaths for firefighters is not from fires, although in Worcester there has certainly been terrible tragedy in that regard, such as the Dec. 3, 1999, Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire, which took the lives of six firefighters.

And while cardiovascular events from stress can definitely be a killer, that is not the leading cause, either.

Rather, cancer is the biggest risk for firefighters, and by a staggering margin. According to the International Association of Fire Fighters nearly 80% of member line-of-duty deaths in 2025 were due to occupational cancer.

“Cancer is a pandemic sweeping through the fire service,” said award-winning Worcester-born filmmaker, writer and actor Tommy Jay Dwyer, who comes from a well-known local family of firefighters. “A lot of it is preventable,” he noted. Preventable in the fire service’s own house — namely, its firehouses.

Dwyer, who now lives in Paxton, hopes to bring the hidden challenges facing today’s firefighters to light as the director of the documentary “Burnin’ Down the House,” which has its world premiere on Aug. 6 at The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester.

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Firefighters responded to a boat fire at a marina in New London on Thursday morning.

The Groton Fire Department confirmed that it provided mutual aid to a situation at Burr’s Marina on Pequot Avenue.

Surveillance video from a Ring camera was shared with Channel 3. It showed the boat on fire. Channel 3’s traffic system reported that Pequot Avenue has been closed in both directions in the area. The road was closed between Gardner Avenue and Shaw and Nameaug streets.

However, dispatchers could not confirm the exact nature of the incident.

The fire marshal arrived on the scene later in the morning.

“It’s a shame. I don’t know these people or their boat, but it’s devastating,” said Matt Garneau, owner of a boat at Burr’s Marina. “Especially in the middle of summer.”

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VIDEO: Washington is preparing to install 10 additional artificial intelligence-powered cameras designed to detect wildfire smoke in remote areas before flames have time to spread. The Washington State Department of Natural Resources already operates 26 cameras across the state. The latest expansion, funded through the state Legislature, will bring the network to 36.

The announcement comes as a Red Flag Warning is in effect for the Cascade and Olympic mountains overnight Wednesday into Thursday. Isolated thunderstorms are possible in both the mountains and lowlands. Lightning is the primary concern because dry vegetation and hot temperatures could allow any new fires to spread quickly.

The camera expansion was not prompted by this particular forecast, but DNR says the technology is especially valuable when fires begin in remote terrain. “Lacking detection cameras, we are relying on the public,” said Russ Lane, division manager for DNR’s Wildland Fire Management Division.

Lane said several people may pass a new fire before someone recognizes the smoke, realizes it should not be there and calls 911. “One of the goals of the mountaintops with the Pano AI cameras is to see into areas where there’s not a lot of public activity,” Lane said. “We’ll get that early detection.”

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