Bouquet Fire Reaches 1,000 Acres, Prompts Evacuations

The Bouquet Fire spread to an estimated 1,000 acres northeast of Santa Clarita by Saturday evening, prompting evacuation orders and warnings as officials said the blaze threatened structures and power lines. The fire was burning in the Angeles National Forest near Bouquet Canyon Road, and its cause and full extent of structural damage remained unknown in the supplied updates. The fire was reported Saturday afternoon in the 34,800 block of Bouquet Canyon Road. Early estimates described a blaze of about 5 acres, which grew to roughly 100 acres by midafternoon. A Watch Duty update put it at 1,000 acres just after 7 p.m. Saturday. Those figures reflect estimates at different times as the fire spread. Evacuation orders were in effect for some areas, while warnings covered other nearby zones. Officials said the fire was threatening structures and power lines. An afternoon wind shift was reported to have pushed the fire toward structures along Bouquet Canyon Road, leading to requests for structure protection. The supplied reports do not establish how many residents were affected.