BRIAN NELSON, CNN ANCHOR: Now to the fire conditions out West. Officials are shifting their focus now to Texas, where hot, dry conditions have sparked 14 new wildfires this weekend. Eighty-two fires are still burning across 11 states, making this one of the worst wildfire seasons in U.S. history. In hard-hit Montana and Idaho, improved weather conditions are helping crews to battle the blazes. And CNN's Rusty Dornin joins us now with an update from the Montana town of Hamilton. Hi, Rusty.</s>RUSTY DORNIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Brian, despite the rain, it's very chilly, temperatures have got down into the upper 30s in some areas of the Bitterroot Valley last night. At -- there was least an inch of rain around from yesterday and today through parts of Montana. Now that, of course, helps firefighters. They are trying to hit the fire hard today to get some better containment figures, but there are 27 fires still burning in the state of Montana. Now, firefighters dressed up in everything from garbage bags to other jackets to get out on the firelines yesterday and this morning to get to there and to build better fire breaks. Now, the problem there is that the rain can also be a hindrance. There are a lot of slippery rocks and slopes, they did have some rock slides and a few firefighters were slightly injured from slipping on rocks. Now, apparently the -- they are trying to get some planes up to do some thermal infrared mapping of the area, to make sure that there are -- to find hot spots so that -- because roots of the trees can continue to burn for up to two weeks, and so if the winds kick up again, they could have problems again. Now, so far there are no plans to pull out firefighters, although several crews are scheduled to leave here on Friday and there may be no replacements. They are just hoping they can get in, hit hard for the next few days while the effects of the rain are still ongoing and get some better containment figures here. Rusty Dornin reporting live, Hamilton, Montana.</s>NELSON: All right, thank you, Rusty.
Rainfall Aids Firefighters in Montana