"The Paw wildfire grew rapidly from 80 to 202 acres within 24 hours, prompting a swift containment effort that achieved full containment by mid‑day on September 5. The rapid containment despite significant growth highlights effective resource deployment by the SFS agency."
The Paw wildfire, located in Schleicher County, Texas, was first discovered on September 4, 2026, at 22:07:12. The incident, managed by the SFS jurisdictional agency, began with 80 acres and 0% containment. By 23:20:04 the same day, containment had risen to 15%, and by 23:40:04 it reached 50% while the area remained at 80 acres. The fire expanded to 150 acres by 00:00:05 on September 5, maintaining 50% containment, and grew further to 202 acres by 02:40:04, still at 50% containment. Containment improved to 80% at 03:40:02 and reached 100% by 16:00:04, with the fire size remaining at 202 acres. The cause remains undetermined and no personnel or cost estimates are available.
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IRWIN ID: {2853CC23-EB21-4407-B973-73D3D00B7FEA}
Discovered: Sep 4, 2026
Cause: Natural
Managing Agency: SFS
Coordinates: 30.8733, -100.5437
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The Paw Fire has burned 202 acres as of September 5, 2026.
Yes, the Paw Fire is fully contained (100%).
The official cause has been listed as: Natural.
The Paw Fire is burning in Schleicher, TX.
The Paw Fire is no longer in our filtered incident feed. This alone does not confirm extinguishment.
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