Bouquet Fire: Evacuation Orders and Warnings in Los Angeles County

What officials say right now

CAL FIRE’s Bouquet Fire page was last updated at 6:55 p.m. Pacific Time on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. At that update the fire was 1,000 acres. It started at 3:19 p.m. the same day. The listed spot is Bouquet Canyon Road and Quarry Road, in the Angeles National Forest. The map point on the page is about 34.56 north, 118.40 west.

The page says this is not a CAL FIRE incident. The agency in charge is the U.S. Forest Service, Angeles National Forest. CAL FIRE is still the public page posting the size and the zone list. The cause is under investigation. No incident management team was listed on that update.

At 3:31 p.m. the same page said the fire was threatening structures and power lines. That is not the same as a count of homes lost. The page does not print a number of structures destroyed, damaged, or saved. It does not print any injuries or deaths. This brief will not add those numbers.

Cal OES, the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, posted at 4:30 p.m. PT that evacuation orders and evacuation warnings are in place for the Bouquet Fire in Los Angeles County. The post says to use official info, sign up for alerts, listen to local authorities, and leave now if you live in an area under an evacuation order. The link in that post goes to AlertLA.

Ready Los Angeles County posted an update timestamped 4:15 p.m. The account said an evacuation order had been issued in marked zones and that people should leave now. It said more zones had been placed under an evacuation warning and that those residents should prepare to leave. That post also points to AlertLA.

The Governor’s office posted at 5:58 p.m. PT. The post says people in the area impacted by the Bouquet Fire should follow local evacuation orders and guidance from emergency officials. It points to Ready.ca.gov for emergency information and safety resources.

A KTLA post at 7:12 p.m. PT said the fire was 1,000 acres. That matches the 6:55 p.m. line on the CAL FIRE page. KTLA is a newsroom, not the fire agency. The acreage in this brief comes from CAL FIRE.

An order is not the same as a warning

CAL FIRE prints the statewide meanings on the incident page. An evacuation order is an immediate threat to life. It is a lawful order to leave now. The area is closed to the public.

An evacuation warning is a possible threat to life or property. People who need extra time, and people with pets or livestock, should leave now. Everyone else in a warning zone should be packed and ready to go on a minute’s notice.

If you are not sure which one covers your house, do not guess from a social post. Look up your address on the Genasys Protect map at protect.genasys.com. Los Angeles County also tells people to use AlertLA.org and the county emergency page at lacounty.gov/emergency.

The 6:55 p.m. zone list is a snapshot

On the CAL FIRE page, the evacuation-order block — the block that sits above the timed updates — listed three zones after the 6:55 p.m. acreage update: LAC-E018, LAC-E030-B, and LAC-E031-A.

The warning block on that same page listed LAC-E016, LAC-E017, LAC-E019, LAC-E020, LAC-E021, LAC-E029, LAC-E030-A, and LAC-E031-B.

Those codes are not frozen. At 4:11 p.m. the same page’s update log listed orders for LAC-E018, LAC-E030, and LAC-E031, and warnings for LAC-E019, LAC-E020, and LAC-E021. By the later page text, some of those zones had been split into A and B pieces, and more warning zones had been added. At 3:52 p.m. the log said warnings were only being prepared for LAC-E018, LAC-E020, LAC-E021, and LAC-E031.

That is why this brief will not tell you “your street is safe” from a copied list. If the live map shows an order for your zone, leave. If it shows a warning, prepare to leave, and leave now if you need more time. If the map has changed again since 6:55 p.m., the map wins.

How fast the acreage moved

The CAL FIRE update log, all on Oct. 3, is the size record used here. At 3:28 p.m. the fire was reported at 20 acres with a moderate rate of spread. At 3:59 p.m. it was 100 acres, and more engines were requested. At 4:17 p.m. Air Attack said it was burning at a rapid rate of spread. At 4:50 p.m. it was mapped at 709.7 acres, with crews on two spot fires near the main fire. At 5:43 p.m. it was 843 acres. At 6:55 p.m. it was 1,000 acres.

The incident page does not print a containment percent on that 6:55 p.m. update. Earlier the same evening, CAL FIRE’s current-incidents table showed 0% in the containment column beside Bouquet Fire. News pages also said 0%. Until the incident page prints a containment number of its own, treat “out” or “controlled” as not established.

News stories through the evening did not agree with each other. Some said about 700 acres. Some said about 840. The later official line is 1,000. Use the incident page, not a screenshot from mid-afternoon, if you are checking size.

Roads, aircraft, and drones

The CAL FIRE page lists one road closure: Bouquet Canyon Road at Vasquez Canyon Road. Other closures can be ordered by the Highway Patrol or the Forest Service without waiting for that page. If a road is blocked, do not drive around the block.

At 4:30 p.m. incident command asked for two more Type 1 helicopters. At 6:02 p.m. fixed-wing aircraft were being released for the night because of low visibility. The same update said multiple air tankers were requested for Sunday morning.

At 4:45 p.m. Air Attack reported a possible drone over the fire. CAL FIRE’s wording is direct: flying a drone near a wildfire is a federal crime and can cost lives. If you fly, they can’t.

What to do tonight

If you are under an order, leave now. Take medicine, chargers, IDs, water, and your pets if you can do it fast. Do not spend the order looking for things you can replace.

If you are under a warning, get the car ready, tell a neighbor who might not have seen the alert, and decide where you will go. People who move slowly, and people with livestock, should leave during the warning instead of waiting for the order.

Call 911 for a life-threatening emergency. Sign up for alerts at alertla.org. Read ready.ca.gov and lacounty.gov/emergency. Check protect.genasys.com again before you go to sleep. Smoke and spot fires can put a new zone on the list after this page was written.

Firefighters are working a fire that grew from 20 acres to 1,000 acres in about three and a half hours, then lost the airplanes for the night. Give them the road. Stay out of the closed canyon.

Sources and what this page will not claim

Primary fire page: https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2026/10/3/bouquet-fire — read on the evening of Oct. 3, 2026, last updated 6:55 p.m. PT on that page.

Cal OES post, 4:30 p.m. PT: https://x.com/Cal_OES/status/2106527254893515083 — the account is verified as a government account. The alert link resolves to https://alertla.org/.

Ready Los Angeles County post, labeled 4:15 p.m.: https://x.com/ReadyLACounty/status/2106524345657159729 — also a verified government account. Its link also resolves to AlertLA.

Governor’s office post, 5:58 p.m. PT: https://x.com/CAgovernor/status/2106549448293925066 — the link resolves to https://ready.ca.gov/.

County emergency page: https://lacounty.gov/emergency/. Live zone map: https://protect.genasys.com/.

This page does not say how many homes burned. It does not say anyone was hurt. Those facts were not on the official page we used. If a later official update adds them, that update wins.

The Los Angeles County hub for this brief is https://noticenearby.com/ca/los-angeles. Notice Nearby is not the fire department and not the sheriff.

Addendum / Update

This update was added Saturday night, Oct. 3, 2026, after the 6:55 p.m. fire brief above. Those earlier sections still stand. Zone lines can still change. If the live map and this page disagree, the map wins.

A human shelter is open for Bouquet Fire residents. The place is the Community Room at the Castaic Sports Complex, in Castaic, Los Angeles County. Ready Los Angeles County said small pets are welcome.

Ready Los Angeles County posted the shelter at about 8:20 p.m. Pacific Time on Oct. 3, 2026. The post is here: https://x.com/ReadyLACounty/status/2106586875800756285

Cal OES, the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, posted at about 9:01 p.m. Pacific Time the same night. That post says a shelter is open for residents impacted by the fire, and it points to the county post. The Cal OES post is here: https://x.com/Cal_OES/status/2106595598816489974

This page names the county, the city, and the facility only. It does not print a street address. For directions, use the Ready Los Angeles County post, AlertLA at alertla.org, or the county emergency page at lacounty.gov/emergency. Do not use an address from an older fire.

If your zone is under an evacuation order, leave now. Check protect.genasys.com before you go. Notice Nearby is not the fire department and not the sheriff.

Notes and sources

1. Primary sources checked the evening of Oct. 3, 2026: CAL FIRE Bouquet Fire incident page (last updated 6:55 p.m. PT), Cal OES, Ready Los Angeles County, and the Governor’s office. If an official page and this brief disagree, the official page wins. Zone lists move. Use Genasys Protect.
2. Author: Ryan Standley / Record of Sale, LLC / Notice Nearby.
3. Not legal advice. Not a newspaper. Not Legal Publication. Record of Sale, LLC (Oregon).
4. Addendum, Saturday night, Oct. 3, 2026: human shelter open at the Community Room, Castaic Sports Complex, in Castaic, Los Angeles County. Sources: Ready Los Angeles County (about 8:20 p.m. PT) and Cal OES (about 9:01 p.m. PT). This note names the county, the city, and the facility only. No street address.