UPDATE: 12 p.m.

Mother nature has helped fire crews battling the 50-hectares Lauder Road wildfire east of Merritt, which sparked up yesterday.

“We have four firefighters on site today, they’re working to get a more accurate track of the fire perimeter. But that fire is burning in higher elevation, so it would’ve experienced freezing temperatures overnight which really helped the fire put itself out. So that one is now classified as being held,” BC Wildfire Service information officer Kyla Fraser tells NL News.

Meanwhile, she says crews are also making progress on a fire 17 kilometres north of Lytton that started yesterday as well, burning

“So it’s still 8.9 hectares in size, we have five crew on site working on that one today. Fortunately there are some rocks in that area, so that will act a natural control line to help contain that fire.”

There is also a cluster of small fires burning near the Similkameen south of Keremeos, and Fraser says six provincial firefighters are heading there today.

She says there have been 12 fires in the Kamloops Fire Centre since April 1st.

“And 10 are currently active. The fire danger rating throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre is generally low, but we are starting to see higher temperatures. So just a reminder for people to be cautious.”

– with files from Colton Davies

ORIGINAL: The BC Wildfire Service is currently responding to three wildfires in the Kamloops Fire Centre that are all suspected to be human caused.

The Lauder Road fire located approximately 8.5 kilometres east of Highway 5A, is currently estimated to be 50 hectares in size. On Sunday, a Response Officer was sent out to the site along with three additional personnel and a helicopter for support.

The fire pictured is located 17 kilometres north of Lytton. Six crew members were sent to the site yesterday to work to construct handguard along the southern flank of the fire. It is currently listed at about nine hectares in size.