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Bouquet Fire Evacuations Lifted; Rowher Flat OHV Area Reopens, Drinkwater Stays Shut
Every order was lifted Friday evening. A post-fire assessment team is now on the burn.
All evacuation orders for the Bouquet Fire were lifted at 6 p.m. Friday, October 9, the Angeles National Forest says, and the Rowher Flat OHV area reopened at 5 p.m. the same day. The Drinkwater OHV area remains closed for public safety, along with forest roads 6N18 (Saugus del Sur) and 6N19 (Quarry Road).
Our Friday edition did not have this; the forest's update came after we checked.
The fire is holding at 1,048 acres and 83 percent contained. Graders are repairing dirt roads chewed up by engines and heavy equipment. A Burned Area Emergency Response team began work Friday, with engineers, hydrologists, archaeologists and a wildlife biologist assessing soil stability, watershed conditions and damage. Their findings will guide emergency stabilization work and decisions about when the rest of the area reopens.
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