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Thousands of people have been evacuated.\u2018NOTHING REMAINING\u2019The Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, also known as Collins First Nation, in northwestern Ontario went up in flames, forcing residents to evacuate by boat and seek shelter in Thunder Bay, Matthew Hoppe, the community\u2019s incident commander, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere was nothing remaining. So as you can imagine, the membership is totally distraught, upset, overwhelmed, lost,\u201d Hoppe said.Thunder Bay, a city of about 110,000 people on the northern shore of Lake Superior more than 1,300 km (800 miles) northwest of Toronto, is at full capacity from sheltering wildfire evacuees from across northwestern Ontario, Mayor Ken Boshcoff told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Friday said the province would buy 11 new aircraft to help counter the fast-spreading wildfires and pushed back against U.S. politicians who have criticized the campaign as inadequate.The United States is also experiencing an above-average fire year, with 3.7 million acres burned to date in 2026 compared with a 10-year average of 2.7 million acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi ( The Indian View team) : President Donald Trump on Friday blamed Canada for wildfire smoke spreading across the United States and said he would add the \u201cincalculable cost\u201d of dealing with the pollution to existing tariffs on Canadian goods. 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