The following information was provided by the Angeles National Forest Service:

 

The following information was provided by the Angeles National Forest Service:

 

Fire summaries: 

 

The Martindale Fire has been held at 230 acres and is 40% contained.

 

The Bobcat Fire, on day 24, is at approx. 114,202 acres and 62% containment. 

Resources Assigned: 1,363 personnel. Engines: 119. Handcrews: 23. Helicopters: 14. Dozers: 13. Water tenders: 13

Last night on the Bobcat Fire there was minimal fire activity. Fire crews focused on strengthening containments lines, monitoring areas for spot fires, and looking for opportunities to attack the fire directly. On the north end near Mount Waterman, mop up and patrol activities continued.

Today firefighters will continue to strengthen containment lines.  On the northwestern portion of the fire crews are working from Highway 2 to Little Rock Reservoir constructing handline and mopping up. Heavy mop-up will continue northwest of Mount Wilson from Mt. Wilson Red Box Rd to Highway 2. California Incident Management Team 11 has taken over management of the fire. Updates now being posted only once a day in the evening. 

 

 

Selection of news coverage:

 

KTLA:  Containment of 230-acre Martindale Fire northeast of Santa Clarita doubles overnight to 40%

Fire officials plan to reevaluate evacuation orders Tuesday morning after crews appeared to get the upper hand on a wildfire that burned more than 200 acres when it sparked in a remote area of the Angeles National Forest Monday.  The blaze, dubbed the Martindale Fire, started northeast of Santa Clarita at about 2:51 p.m. in the 34500 block of Bouquet Canyon Road, according to the U.S. Forest Service’s incident information website. The fire exploded to 200 acres in less than 30 minutes in a remote area of the forest between Santa Clarita and the Antelope Valley, but it was 20% contained by the evening. Due to Monday’s red flag warning, there were additional crews who could respond to the blaze and double containment overnight to 40%, said Senaca Smith, a battalion chief with the U.S. Forest Service.

 

CBS Los Angeles:  Evacuation Warnings Lifted For Wrightwood As Heat Poses Challenges In Bobcat Firefight

Evacuation warnings for were lifted Tuesday for the community of Wrightwood in the San Gabriel Mountains while crews continue to face challenges battling the stubborn Bobcat Fire burning in the Angeles National Forest and Antelope Valley foothills.  The Bobcat Fire has burned 114,202 acres as of Tuesday morning, according to the U.S. Forest Service. It is 62% contained, down from 65% containment on Sunday. Full containment is not expected until Oct. 30.  Evacuation orders remain in effect for Paradise Springs, Upper Big Tujunga Canyon and along the Angeles Crest Highway (State Route 2).

 

KHTS:  Martindale Fire North Of Santa Clarita Reaches 40 Percent Containment, Evacuation Still In Effect 

The Martindale Fire north of Santa Clarita that erupted Monday afternoon is now 40 percent contained, scorching 230 acres, officials said.  The brush fire, dubbed the Martindale Fire, was first reported Monday around 2:50 p.m. and has reached 230 acres with 40 percent containment as of 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, said John Clearwater, spokesperson for the Angeles National Forest (ANF).  “A lot of the success was from Los Angeles County Fire Department and ANF firefighters who hit the fire with a very heavy air attack,” Clearwater said.  As of 11:45 a.m. Bouquet Canyon Road remains closed, and evacuation orders are still in place, said Deputy Natalie Arriaga, spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.

 

Santa Clarita Valley Signal:  Martindale Fire at 40% containment, 230 acres 

The fast-moving Martindale Fire, which started near Bouquet Reservoir, remained at 230 acres overnight, with firefighters able to achieve 40% containment by Tuesday morning. The blaze began shortly after 3 p.m. Monday, quickly burning 200 acres in just 30 minutes, according to John Clearwater, a spokesman with the Angeles National Forest.  By 5:30 p.m., firefighters announced that forward progress had been stopped at approximately 300 acres, discovering through better mapping later that evening that the fire had, in fact, been held at 230 acres, per ANF officials.

 

Los Angeles Times:  As crews battle Martindale fire, heat and dry conditions keep L.A. County on edge

As temperatures in Southern California spike amid a fall heat wave, fears of fire weather continue.  Hot, dry conditions are fueling large blazes and small brush fires across Los Angeles County.  On Monday afternoon, the Martindale fire broke out in the Bouquet Canyon area of the Santa Clarita Valley and jumped to more than 200 acres in less than 30 minutes, the U.S. Forest Service said. Evacuation orders were issued from the Bouquet Reservoir Dam south to Mile Marker 11.5, and fire crews deployed more than a dozen aircraft in an aerial attack against the fire.  Crews worked overnight to build containment lines, and as of Tuesday morning, the blaze was 40% contained, officials said.