BC Wildfire Service crews were on scene battling several new out-of-control wildfires on Wednesday.
Crews were called to an area 11 kilometres southwest of Kamloops, where an 0.5 hectare fire was burning next to the Coquihalla Highway.
Ten BC Wildfire Service firefighters and crews from the Kamloops Fire Department were on scene. They were able to extinguish it by Wednesday evening.
Near Nelson in the West Kootenay, crews were battling the 0.5 hectare Balfour Knob fire, located four kilometres north of Balfour.
Smoke from the fire was visible from Nelson, but no structures were threatened the wildfire service said.
The fire is believed to have been caused by lightning.
Crews were also about 13 kilometres southeast of Hope Wednesday, fighting the Eleven Mile Creek fire.
That fire, spotted Tuesday, had grown to 50 hectares in size, and burning away from Highway 3 in steep, rugged terrain.
The BC Wildfire Service said smoke from the fire was highly visible from the highway.
Sixty-one firefighters were on scene, with the support of four helicopers.
No structures were threatened.
It comes as temperatures soar across southern British Columbia, with potentially record-breaking heat in the forecast for next week.
B.C. has recorded 337 wildfires to date in the 2021 season, burning an estimated 2,595 hectares (25.95 square kilometres).
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