A crew of 25 British Columbia firefighters scheduled to arrive in the territory this afternoon to augment Yukon resources as the territory prepares for more hot and dry weather.

Fire information officer Michal Wojcik said today the forecast for the next seven days calls for lightning activity to punctuate the volatile conditions expected across the territory.

The visiting initial attack specialists will be dispersed across the territory where the threat is highest after they're been briefed in Whitehorse, says the bulletin issued this morning by the Wildland Fire Management office.

Wojcik said smoke is drifting into Whitehorse from the 1,200-hectare Whitehorse 11 fire burning 60 kilometres northeast of the city, and the 3,000-hectare Carmacks 4 fire burning 60 kilometres east of Carmacks.

Both fires are active, though no suppression action is being taken as they are burning in the wilderness management zone, says today's daily fire report.

The report also notes that neither Whitehorse 11 or Carmacks 4 pose any threat to valuables currently, but both are being monitored closely.

Meanwhile, a Carmacks initial attack fire crew was dispatched last night to a small Yukon River island 20 km southeast of the community to put out a campfire that had been improperly extinguished.

Fire officials are reminding the public to be extra careful with campfires in these conditions.

Burning permits, it is noted, are automatically cancelled when the fire danger ratings in any given district hit moderate or higher.

Teslin is the only district with a low rating today.

Carmacks, Dawson, Mayo and Ross River are displaying extreme conditions while the rating in the Whitehorse area is high. All others districts are moderate.

Several fire continue to burn in the wilderness zone around Dawson, though no valuables have been threatened so far.

Good progress is being reported on the six-hectare Dawson 19 fire burning near the Sixtymile Road.

There has been a total of 36,413 hectares burned in the Yukon so far this year by 50 different fires, 18 of which were caused by humans and 32 by lightning.