More firefighting resources were scheduled to arrive in Whitehorse today from Alberta as conditions through most of the territory remain volatile.

Spokesman George Maratos of Wildland Fire Management said the 34 personnel from down south are meant to provide both relief for Yukon firefighters and provide additional resources, as more hot and dry weather is expected.

"It is supposed to get up to 30 degrees here in Carmacks," he said from the Carmacks renewable resource office.

That office is managing suppression efforts on the territory's largest forest fire burning 65 kilometres east of the community.

Carmacks #4 is now estimated at 14,250 hectares, and has been burning since early June, when it was started by lightning.

No structures have been lost and sprinkler kits have been installed to protect approximately 50 structures in a 20-kilometre radius, including pockets of cottages and cabins here and there.

Thirty firefighters, several senior fire management officials, four helicopters and a variety of other equipment are currently battling Carmacks #4.

While the Robert Campbell Highway remained open this morning, fire officials were cautioning motorists they could run into delays or closures.

Yukon firefighting personnel have been going flat-out, and some have reached the 19-day limit when they're required to take at least two days off, Maratos explained.

"We're mainly getting initial attack crews," he said of a plane load expected to arrive early this afternoon.

"But there are some fire specialists, a warehouse employee, a little bit of everything to help; a couple of duty officers.

"A lot of our staff are timing out right now."

With the fire hazard registering high for the Haines Junction district, Parks Canada issued an immediate ban Wednesday on all open fires at the Kathleen Lake Campground inside Kluane National Park, including fires inside established fire pits and wood stoves.

Meanwhile, two new blazes were detected yesterday. One is at Otter Falls near Haines Junction and the other is in B.C. west of Atlin on Graham Inlet, to which the Yukon was called upon to assist with.

A helicopter and a crew of three initial attack firefighters were sent from Whitehorse to knock down the lightning-cause blaze while arrangements were made with B.C.'s Northwest Fire Centre in Smithers to send up a B.C. crew.

Measuring at one-third of a hectare, the fire has been turned over to the B.C. personnel.

The Whitehorse crew, said Maratos, was the closest available crew to carry out the initial attack.

The Otter Falls fire was reported by a highway crew at 12:07 p.m., and was quickly contained at a 10th of a hectare by an initial attack crew dispatched by helicopter out of Haines Junction.

Maratos said fire officials expected the fire will be fully extinguished later today.

There are 32 active forest fire in the Yukon, most of which are burning in the wilderness zone, including the 2,200-hectare fire burning 60 kilometres northeast of Whitehorse, on both sides of the Teslin River.

River travellers are being asked to time their travels so they pass through the fire area in the morning, when fire activity is generally at its lowest point.

So far this year, 65 fires have burned 76,059 hectares in the territory. Of the 65 fires, 41 have been started by lightning and 21 by humans.