To date, the Cottonwood Peak Fire has cost more than $11.4 million to fight, according to the National Interagency Fire Center Situation Report on Saturday, Aug. 23.
There are 993 people fighting the fire that started Friday, Aug. 15. Winds pushed the Cottonwood Peak Fire to the west Friday afternoon. In response, more firefighting resources were surged to the area. Bulldozers and helicopters were used to check the fire at the Owyhee River and the 726 Road. Resources were also dispatched Friday evening to attack a new fire start to the northeast along Nevada Highway 225. Firefighters focused on line construction Friday night on the western flank at Tuscarora, and the northeast section near Jack Creek and Chicken Creek.
