Cold Fire Is O-V-E-R With 100% Containment!

NAPA and YOLO COUNTIES, CA –Firefighters today completely contained a wildfire in Yolo County east of Lake Berryessa that affected a part of Napa County earlier this month, Cal Fire officials said.

The Cold Fire off state Highway 128 east of Monticello Dam is 100 percent contained, but it did destroy two hunting cabins worth a total of about $100,000.

It also burned 5,731 acres of wildland. No homes were damaged and no one was injured.

Cal Fire officials said the fire was first reported at 4:32 p.m. Aug. 2.

Thirty homes were saved from damage or destruction. Those homes were worth an estimated total of $1.2 million, Cal Fire officials said.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Also see:

• Soberanes Fire Day 21: Possible Closure Of Hwy 1 Looms [UPDATE]
• $57 Million, 70K-Acre Valley Fire Started By Faulty Hot-Tub Connection: Cal Fire

Previous Cold Fire coverage:

• Cold Fire Day 9: Containment at 97%; Consumed Acreage Holds Steady
• Cold Fire Day 8: Major Advances With 90% Containment [UPDATE]
• Cold Fire Update: 70% Containment Reached; 5,700 Acres Burned
• Scorched Earth: Photos of Exhausting Battle Against Cold Fire
• State Highway 128 Reopens as Firefighters Contain More of Cold Fire
• Cold Fire: 4,700 Acres Burned By Thursday Morning

--Bay City News contributed to this report/Photo by Al Francis of Napa Sonoma Photos