Forest firefighters from B.C. and Alaska are being recruited to provide additional support for Yukon crews.

George Maratos, the spokesman for Wildland Fire Management, said today 12 initial attack crews of three each were to arrive this afternoon from Smithers, B.C.

Accompanying the 12 crews from Smithers will be four, firecat retardant bombers.

Another crew of 20 was coming in today from Fairbanks, Alaska, to support 14 Yukon firefighters working the Snag fire, which is burning 13 kilometres northeast of Beaver Creek and holding at 75 hectares.

'There has been no growth,' Maratos said of the fire's status. 'They are really pleased with what they have done and obviously having 20 more firefighters coming in this afternoon is just going to add to that.'

The 36 initial attack crew of firefighters coming in from B.C. will be deployed at different bases around the territory, to help fight any new fire starts that are expected as the forecast is calling for more hot weather accompanied by lightning, Maratos explained.

He said Saturday is expected to be particularly bad for thunder and lightning.

'Basically, we have brought them in for the weekend activity, and what is going to transpire from there, you never know,' he said. 'It might not happen, but you never know.'

Three new fires caused by lightning have started in the last 24 hours; two of them in the wilderness zone in the Dawson district and one 25 kilometres northeast of Mayo.

A crew of four are making good progress on the Mayo fire and fire officials were scheduled to visit two mining camps in the area of the two new Dawson fires.

One camp is active, and officials want to see if the other one is, as well as make an on-the-ground assessment of valuables at the two mining camps that may require protection, though the fires are not posing any threat currently.

One of the new Dawson fires is measured at 0.1 of a hectare, and the other at five hectares.

Two of three lightning-sparked fires detected Monday in the Carmacks district remained staffed today, according to this morning's fire report prepared by Wildland Fire Management.

Firefighters are currently working the Cassiar Barr fire though it has doubled in size since yesterday to four hectares because of steep terrain, though full containment is expected in three days.

It's also expected the firefighters working the two-hectare fire on Montague Mountain near the historic Montague House will have matters under control in two or three days.

The crew working the Twin Lakes fire, measuring one-tenth of a hectare, was reallocated to Montague Mountain fire, as it was determine the fire was cold.

Fire conditions in the Carmacks, Mayo and Dawson districts remain extreme, while the rest of the territory is measuring low to moderate. Whitehorse is moderate.