A forest fire about 13 kilometres north of Merritt on Swakum Mountain has been extinguished after igniting on Sunday.
The 0.3 hectare blaze is suspected to have been caused by lightning and no structures were immediately threatened by the flames, Kamloops Fire Centre fire information officer Kayla Pepper told the Herald.
There were three firefighters on site Monday mopping up anything still smoldering from the fire, she said.
One hectare is about the size of two football fields, or 10,000 square metres. The fire on Swakum Mountain was a third of that.
Still active is a suspected human-caused forest fire burning near Venables Valley Road south of Ashcroft west of Highway 1.
This fire is 30 hectares in size and sparked on Saturday.
Firefighter, air tankers and helicopters responded to bucket water and spray fire retardant.
There is no evacuation alert or order in place for this fire, although some nearby campers were told to move out of the area on the weekend.
The flames are next to the highway, but not near any structures, Pepper said.
As of Monday there were 22 firefighters battling the blaze.
There has been no change in the size of the fire and it is not contained.
Pepper said wind and dry conditions increased fire activity on Sunday.
There are 67 active wildfires across the province that are more than 10 hectares in size. Nine are located in the Kamloops Fire Centre.
