It was a busy weekend for Ministry of Natural Resources fire crews.28-new forest fires were reported over the weekend in northwestern Ontario.
Most of the fires were in the Sioux Lookout, Nipigon and Thunder Bay districts.
An aggressive air attack with water bombers was needed on most of the fires.
The Ministry of Natural Resources is paying close attention to a lightning-cased fire fire about 35-kilometres east of Summer Beaver.
The blaze is 15-hundred hecatares and is burning near several cabins in the area.
