A lull in Forest Fire Battle

For the first time in two months, there were no new forest fires reported in northwestern Ontario.

Two days of showers has brought some relief to firefighters battling more than a 100 wildfires across northwestern Ontario.

Up to 30 millimetres of rain fell in some parts of the region.

The precipitation and cooler temperatures, will allow FireRangers to consolidated hose lines around some of the bigger fires and help crews focus their suppression efforts.