Story highlights Scattered showers bring some relief

Officials caution fire threat isn't over

(CNN)

Scattered showers are giving an assist to firefighters battling wildfires in southwest Florida, but officials caution the threat isn't over.

More than 115 wildfires were burning in the state as of Saturday morning, the Florida Forest Service said . Nearly 30,000 acres of the Sunshine State have been scorched.

Some mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted, but many residents still can't return home.

The rain "is giving us a little bit of opportunity to get ahead," Director of Collier County Bureau of Emergency Services Dan Summers said. But Summers cautioned that "doesn't mean that we're in the clear."

"It takes an awful lot of water to put a fire out this big," Summers said.

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