After one of the hottest Julys on record for many Yukon communities, firefighters are battling several blazes throughout the territory.

At a press briefing this morning, Dave Milne, Yukon Wildland Fire Management's science and planning supervisor, pointed out while last month brought some of the warmest conditions throughout the Yukon, there weren't a lot of fires until late last week.

"Thursday night, that all changed," he said, noting that in the Watson Lake area alone that night, 21 fires were sparked.

At the top of Wildland Fire Management's priority list is the Teslin District, where five fires are continuing to burn more than 2,355 hectares in close proximity to the community.

Firefighters, three helicopters and sprinkler trailer units have been deployed there.

Officials are recommending those in Teslin with respiratory problems to stay inside or relocate to Whitehorse.

The blaze closest to the community is 25 kilometres east of Quiet Lake, where an outfitting camp has been identified and a sprinkler kit has been deployed to a cabin.

"We're confident it's not going to cross the lake," Milne said.

An information meeting was held Saturday night, with 85 residents attending.

Another such meeting is expected to occur in Watson Lake in the coming days. There, 25 of the 27 fires in total are continuing to burn, with the district seeing more than 4,541 hectares.

On Saturday, firefighters contained a 30-hectare blaze 29 kilometres west of Junction 37 near the B.C. border.

Meanwhile, 13 fires south of the Nahanni Range Road have grown, with six merging into a 2,000-hectare blaze.

The newest fire to be found in the Watson Lake district was discovered Sunday at Rock River near the border of the Northwest Territories.

There are no structures at risk.

The only other fire to be reported Sunday was a blaze near the Fish Lake Road that was extinguished by firefighters. Believed to be human-caused, an investigation is continuing.

The other fire in the district is about 60 kilometres northeast of the city along the Teslin River, at 5,000 hectares in size. It is the main source of the smoke in the territory's capital, though as Milne pointed out, the Yukon is also getting some smoke from Alaska's forest fires.

The Whitehorse district has had 23 fires burning more than 5,357 hectares this season.

Increased rain in Dawson on Sunday saw a fall in fire activity though smoke can still be expected, fire officials said. A total of 24 fires have burned more than 74,052 hectares there this season.

Dawson, Beaver Creek and Old Crow are the only districts to be listed as a high danger rating for fires with all others in the territory listed as extreme.

Beaver Creek has had three fires burning more than 355 hectares and Old Crow has had two fires burn 746 hectares.

In Carmacks, increased fire activity on several blazes has seen structural protection put in place for buildings around the Little Salmon Lake, where a fire has come within 2 1/2 kilometres of the east end of the lake.

There, eight fires have burned more than 28,618 fires this season.

Haines Junction has seen the smallest amount of burning, with two fires burning 0.21 hectares.

Four fires in Mayo have burned more than 262 hectares and, finally, five fires in the Ross River district have burned more than 102 hectares.

An open ban on fires, which includes camp fires, remains in effect throughout the Yukon.