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The Teamsters said the train was operated by its members and the union\u2019s director of communications Marc-Andr\u00e9 Gauthier said the crew had to be treated for smoke inhalation. The crew had been operating the train near the town of Armstrong, in northwestern Ontario, where wildfires have been raging out of control and sending smoke south, choking the skies over Toronto and other regions. 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