The armada of B.C. and Alaska assistance for local forest firefighters is being deployed.

A sustainable action crew of 20 from Fairbanks has joined 15 Yukon crew members on the 85-hectare Snag fire burning 13 kilometres northeast of Beaver Creek in western Yukon, fire information officer George Maratos said this morning.

He said the 12 crews up from different districts in B.C., and four firefighting trucks they brought with them, are being split evenly among Haines Junction, Carmacks, Mayo and Dawson City.

'This is all in preparation for the weekend activity,' Maratos said of the forecast for warm temperatures and lightning. 'Saturday and Sunday are expected to be pretty hot in terms of activity.'

Two of the four B.C. firefighting trucks will accompany the three crews to Carmacks. Two will be accompanying the three crews sent to Mayo.

In addition to crews and trucks, B.C. has also sent four Firecat retardant bombers to the territory and one birddog aircraft.

Forest fire conditions are extreme in Carmacks, Mayo and Dawson, and moderate in Beaver Creek, Haines Junction, Old Crow and Whitehorse.

Teslin and Watson Lake are in the low category.

Maratos said the Snag fire was reassessed as being slightly larger than estimated earlier in the week, but there has been no actual growth as firefighters are having a fair bit of success getting a handle on the situation.

The nine local firefighters working the 4.2-hectare fire at Cassiar Barr in the Carmacks district are also having success, as is the single crew deployed at the two-hectare fire at Montague Mountain, also in the Carmacks district.

Three fires burning in the wilderness zone along the Yukon border 120 kilometres southwest of Dawson in the Upper Ladue River are being monitored.

There are three mining camps in the general area, including one on the Alaskan side of the border. None of the camps are under any immediate threat, as they are all at least 14 kilometres away from the nearest fire.

The largest of the three has been estimated at 2,500 hectares, and two are estimated at 300 hectares each.

Maratos said there is a risk they may join each other.