Despite the persistent rain we've had over the last two days, the New Orleans metro area has received only an inch or two of rain.
Still, firefighters say that moisture has done wonders to help them put out the fire in New Orleans East.
"We think about 80 percent of it is out," New Orleans fire chief Roman Nelson told WWL's Tommy Tucker. "The fire above ground is out. It's still burning under ground, but the rain is a big help in wetting that above-ground vegetation because it's been so dry and keeping that fire contained to where it is."
Nelson says firefighters are still actively working to put out that fire. He says firefighters will have to take shovels to the land to make sure the water seeps through in certain locations to extinguish it.
"The next step is continuing to pump water, and then we'll get guys on the ground digging holes and extinguishing hot spots as they go," Nelson said. "The terrain is uneven. So some of the higher areas where the water doesn't sit, where the water kind of runs off, we're going to have to hit those areas by hand."
Nelson says Mother Nature played a major hand in killing the blaze.
Nelson says if all goes well, the fire could be fully extinguished in two weeks' time.
"The rain has been a big help," Nelson said. "Even though it's not been as much rain as we wanted, it has been very helpful.
"I think in two weeks we'll be pretty close to being ready to call it out and then we'll monitor it for another week or so to make sure it's completely out."