page_title: Angel Island (California)
section_title: 2008 fire
hierarchical_section_title: Angel Island (California) / Angel Island State Park / Ecology / 2008 fire
caption_attribution_description: In 2006 the Tiburon fire department acquired a used 35 foot fireboat from LAFD. Two thirds of the cost were paid through a Port security grant from DHS. Original caption: “SAN FRANCISCO - A fireboat from the Southern Marin Fire District attempts to extinguish fires here Oct. 13, 2008. The Coast Guard and Southern Marin Fire District responded to fires that broke out on Angel Island Oct. 12, 2008. The CGC Sockeye acted as the On Scene Coordinator while Station Golden Gate transported firefighters and assets to the island. Station San Francisco also helped enforce a 100-yard safety and security zone around the island. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Swanson)” Virin = 081013-G-#####-002
context_page_description: Angel Island is an island in San Francisco Bay. Originally the home of a military installation, the island now offers picturesque views of the San Francisco skyline, the Marin County Headlands and Mount Tamalpais. The entire island is included within Angel Island State Park, administered by California State Parks. The island, a California Historical Landmark, has been used for a variety of purposes, including military forts, a US Public Health Service Quarantine Station, and a US Bureau of Immigration inspection and detention facility. The Angel Island Immigration Station on the northeast corner of the island, where officials detained, inspected, and examined approximately one million immigrants, has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
context_section_description: On October 12, 2008 at approximately 9 p.m. PDT, a fire visible from all around the San Francisco Bay broke out on the island that spread to an estimated 100 acres (40 ha) within an hour. By 8 a.m. the next morning, the fire had scorched 250 acres (100 ha) — a third of the island — and was 20 percent contained.
  Firefighters run around from the mainland and helicopters dropped water and fire retardants to protect the historical buildings and extinguish the fire that was fully contained by October 14, 2008 at approximately 7 p.m. 380 of the island's 740 acres (300 ha) were burned in the fire. With the exception of one abandoned water tank, no structures were lost in the fire.
  Firefighting efforts were coordinated from the USCGC Sockeye.
  In portions of the evergreen woodlands, the fire burned through quickly, consuming the understory, but leaving the trees mostly undamaged. The fire burned several stands of Monterey Pine (Pinus radiata) originally planted by the U.S. Army, which will be restored to native evergreen woodlands.
  Prior fires include one in 2005 that burned 25 acres (10 ha), and a smaller 2–3-acre blaze in 2004.
caption: Fireboat Liberty deploys her watercannon on an otherwise inaccessible shoreline fire, on October 12, 2008.[29]
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