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COWBOY FIRE NOW 84% CONTAINED

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Update September 6, 12 p.m. - The Cowboy Fire is now 95% contained, Cal Fire reports. Cost to fight the fire has exceeded $2.7 million.

September 5, 2010 3:15 p.m. -- The Cowboy Fire, which has reached 827 acres, is now 84% contained.  Cost to fight the fire to date is nearly $1.9 million.

 

"We are hoping for full containment tonight, with full control on Monday or Tuesday," Cal-Fire's Roxanne Provaznik said.  Wind speed is approximately 10-20 miles per hour, blowing from the west, with relative humidity around 15% and temperatures above 90.


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