ANGEL ISLAND, Calif. (KCBS/AP) -- Firefighters battled a 400-acre wildfire on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay Monday, achieving 75% containment by early afternoon.
The fire, which started around 9 p.m. Sunday night, forced about 30 or 40 campers to evacuate. It also temporarily threatened several buildings in an area known as the East Garrison, said Marin County Fire spokesman Mike Giannini.
The island is a state park with a number of historic buildings, including an immigration station that was the first stop for many incoming immigrants in the early 1900s.
"This side of the island has some of the most historic buildings," said James Dexter, a state parks employee who was stationed on the island. Dexter said the World War I-era Fort McDowell was also on that side of the island.
Fire crews from all over the Bay Area -- and some from as far as Butte County -- were dispatched to the island by boat, as well as firefighters from the U.S. Coast Guard.
The fire was burning on the island's highest point, Mount Livermore, which is 781 feet high.
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