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'Looks like the end of the world': Everything you need to know as wildfires blaze across Ontario

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Corné van Hoepen
'Looks like the end of the world': Everything you need to know as wildfires blaze across Ontario
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Northern Ontario is facing a severe wildfire season, with over 100 active fires forcing mass evacuations and causing hazardous air quality levels. Smoke from the fires has drifted south, impacting air quality across the province as residents share images of the destruction.

A stretch of extreme heat has supercharged Ontario's wildfire season, with more than 100 active fires burning across the northern region of the province and forcing residents from their homes in parts of northwestern Ontario.Residents have flooded social media with apocalyptic images and videos of towering flames, smoke-filled skies and ash-covered communities as wildfires burn across northwestern Ontario.The smoke has travelled hundreds of kilometres south, pushing air quality readings in parts of southern Ontario to among the worst in the world.Residents in several northwestern Ontario communities have been ordered to evacuate as fires continue to spread, with some escaping by boat while dramatic footage showed flames engulfing the landscape around a CN Rail train helping evacuate residents.For the latest wildfire counts, evacuation orders, air quality updates and how the fires are affecting Ontarians, follow Yahoo Canada's live blog below.

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