Fire, Smoking Limits Set in Angeles Forest

Restrictions on campfires and smoking will go into effect in the Angeles National Forest on Monday because of rising temperatures and the increased danger of fire, the forest supervisor said Friday.

George A. Roby said at the forest’s Arcadia headquarters that campfires will be restricted to developed, drive-in campgrounds. Although fire permits are not required in those areas, he said, fires must be in the stoves or barbecue facilities provided there.

Portable stoves may be used outside the campgrounds, but only with permits.

Smoking will be allowed only within enclosed vehicles, in inhabited areas, at developed recreation sites or in areas cleared of all brush and other flammable material.

The discharge of firearms with steel-core ammunition, which has been blamed for numerous brush fires in the past, is prohibited at all times in the national forest. Recreational shooting is restricted to designated shooting areas.

Officials also noted that all fireworks are prohibited from national forests.