This significantly moderated fire behavior and allowed crews to make large gains in containment and structure damage assessments.

[7] Despite dry, warm weather returning immediately following the rainfall from Hurricane Hilary in late August no significant fire growth occurred.

Cooler temperatures and another wet weather pattern over September 2 and 3 helped firefighters suppress remaining hotspots and make gains on overall containment.

Public Information Officers reported that no new growth was expected and that fire crews would continue to strengthen containment lines.

While the exact details are unknown the fire appears to have been caused by spontaneous combustion in improperly stored materials.