Angel Island Ablaze 12/13 Oct 2008

- October 12 & 13, 2008-

The first web report that I found was filed about 3 minutes before I saw the fire from the El Cerrito Hills...

SFist.com reports the following:

"The U.S. Coast Guard and San Francisco/Marin firefighters are battling a blaze on the eastside of Angel Island, which was reported at 9 p.m. tonight. At about 9:50 p.m., the "huge fire [is] about 25 acres wide," SFist reader Jay Rodriguez reports. (ABC7 reports "10 acres" have burned so far.) Read more about the island fire, here and here.

Angel Island -- a "hilly, grass and forest-covered island, the largest in San Francisco Bay," which used to house a the Nike Missile base in the '50s -- covers 740 acres, reaching 788 feet high at its peak atop Mount Livermore.

Update (10:35 p.m.): Also, you can check out live cam views of the fire as it happens at cams.exploratorium.edu and abovephotos.com.

Update (11:00 p.m.): Campers have been carried form Angel Island to Tiburon. One engine is at the island now. People if four counties can see it burning from four counties, says KGO reporter. And with that, we're turning the channel to a "Law & Order: SVU" block. Will update again if anything update-y happens.

Update (11:28 p.m.): According to Wildlandfire, "Evacuations!
Island Campsites and non-firefighting and non-essential State Parks personnel are asked to evacuate Angel Island or shelter in place at Ayala Cove."

Also, "50 acres reported" torched thus far, "significant cultural and historical resources threatened. "

Update (11:48 p.m.): Oh, and here's some YouTube footage of the blaze, shot from Yerba Buena Island looking North toward Angel Island.

Update (12:26 a.m.): As many as 200 firefighters are expected to help fight the blaze overnight.

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[Fanime456]

@jedihunter176 XD Sonic 3 for the win

[jedihunter176]

Dr. Robotnik did this.

[viperq]

Damn I was just around the area on Saturday for fleet week.

[nelson3300]

I was looking today when i was driving back from class there, but it was put out...

saw it last night tho from piedmont... crazy shit

[zeezee0583]

kylerw87 "that shit spread fast!" - well thats because the island has mostly eucalyptus trees which naturally contain oils which burn hot and very fast.

iloveyousj06 - yeah I agree, I live in the south bay and I too find it odd to have seen these fires.

[roTTirocket]

I saw the fire from the view behind cal state hayward!

[iloveyousj06]

this has been like the 2nd fire this year bay area residents have seen. its pretty weird fro us

[x986123]

I was driing from LA and saw it since it was small, and saw it huge when i was at the bay bridge. It was sooo mesmerizing... i can believe i saw it live and in person.

[kylerw87]

i saw it from telegraph hill before it was huge and it was still small. that shit spread fast!

[fboxberger]

I saw this last nigh as I was walking to my hotel room