The train was stuck in the middle of a forest fire in Canada

Video recorded by the train driver from inside the locomotive and shared by Sol Mamakwa, MP of the province of Ontario, shows a vertical wall of fire as the train passes through the burning forest in Northern Ontario, Canada.

In the video, bright red flames continuously hit the train as it was stuck near the town of Armstrong, Ontario province late on July 14. Violent fires could be seen breaking out in bushes on both sides of the tracks.

According to the newspaper NY Postthe orange light shining inside the train car combined with the dire scene outside makes people think of “hell” or “the end of the world”.

“The fire could spread to us, this is starting to get a bit scary,” an employee on the train reported to the dispatcher as the fire threatened to cover the front of the locomotive. “Everyone has to come help quickly. Seriously. Fire is surrounding us.”

“The fire burns very quickly,” the man said over the radio while asking for help.

Canadian National Railways, which operates freight trains, confirmed that three trains carrying flammable materials were stopped in the Armstrong area because of the wildfire. All crew and staff on board were evacuated.

The incident occurred in the context that many areas in North America were suffering from a heat dome phenomenon, causing a series of serious forest fires, according to information from NASA.

In the northwestern region of Ontario alone, officials have recorded a total of 128 raging forest fires. The people of Armstrong town and tribes living in Lac La Croix, Collins, Whitesand and Lac des Mille Lacs were ordered to evacuate.

The sky of Montreal, Canada, turned yellow on the morning of July 15 due to smoke emitted from fires.

More than 100 million people have received heat warnings, while temperatures in Ottawa and Toronto are expected to reach 38 degrees Celsius.

In the US, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz mobilized the National Guard to participate in fighting forest fires in the northern border area, adjacent to the province of Ontario.