The Ministry of Natural Resources is hoping rain forecast for this weekend will help out with the forest fire situation in the region.
Yesterday there were another 36 wild fires reported in northwestern Ontario, and residents from two more communities were evacuated.
MNR fire information officer, Bob Thomas says they need some help now from Mother Nature.
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The M.N.R. is spending about a million dollars a day on fighting forest firest in northwestern Ontario, and retired employees are being brought in to provide relief for over-worked fire crews.
