Two new human-caused wildfires broke out on Sunday in the B.C. Interior.
A six-hectare blaze is burning at Nooaitch along Highway 8 near Merritt, according to the BC Wildfire Services’ interactive map.
Another fire is burning along Highway 8 near Spences Bridge. That fire is 0.43 hectares in size.
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The nearby Agate Creek fire is still considered active and is estimated at 0.01 hectares in size.
Temperatures in Merritt reached 13 degrees C on Sunday with no precipitation.
Rain is forecast to hit the region Monday afternoon.
The fire danger rating is low across the Kamloops Fire Centre.
Twenty-three fires have burned across B.C. so far in 2019, scorching 89 hectares of land.
WATCH (Aired March, 2019): Wildfire officials brace for Okanagan fire season
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