Fire crews are battling five new wildfires across Utah after blazes that started in the last 24 hours burned about 57 acres, with state, federal and local responders still working on several fronts as dry weather and record-low snowpack keep the state at high fire danger.

The largest of the new blazes, the Christy Lane Fire in Iron County, had burned 40 acres and was 97% contained, while the Freedom Fire in Sanpete County had grown to 16.3 acres before firefighters said they stopped its forward progress. The Wasatch Road fire, discovered at 10:50 a.m. Sunday near the border of Rich and Morgan counties, burned 0.1 acres. The Caboose Village Fire in Piute County was found at 2:10 p.m. Sunday and had also burned 0.1 acres, and the East End fire in Zion National Park was discovered early Sunday, just before noon, and remained at 0.1 acres.

Officials said the Freedom Fire was human-caused and under investigation, while the Christy Lane Fire was also believed to be human-caused and is being investigated. The Christy Lane blaze sparked around 5:45 p.m. Sunday and forced some evacuations in the Red Canyon subdivision, but those evacuations were lifted Sunday night after fire conditions improved. Utah Fire Info said aviation and ground resources would continue suppression efforts and secure the perimeter of the fire today, with mild temperatures expected and a chance of scattered afternoon showers.

The timing matters because the fires arrived together at the start of a day when Utah was already on edge: the state’s dry weather and record-low snowpack have left it in a high fire danger period, and the next round of work will focus on keeping the smaller fires from growing while fully pinning down the causes of the larger ones. For residents in places such as Red Canyon, the immediate threat has eased, but the conditions that fed the weekend fires remain in place.