It may seem early in the season, but the grass is already tinder dry in parts of the province where the snow is gone.

Fire crews battled a large fire near Lumsden, Sask. on Sunday afternoon.

Two fire trucks were called to the fire near the Wascana Valley Trails at around 4 p.m. CST.

A Regina firefighter surveys the damage after a large grass fire broke out near Lumsden, Sask. (Irina Oroz/Submitted)

It took firefighters about two and a half hours to bring the blaze under control.

The fire burned about 12 hectares of grassland, or 25 to 30 acres.