There is officially one month left in the forest fire season.
Ministry of Natural Resources Information Officer Debbie MacLean says it's been another slow season in northwestern Ontario.
"We have had 351 fires in the West Fire region," says MacLean, "and just over 9,000 hectares burned. We've had certainly more fire activity this year than we have had in the couple of previous year. We still have had a fairly quiet forest fire season."
The northwest has averaged about 626 fires over the past five years.
