Angel Island is on fire. On Sunday evening at 9PM (12AM ET) a wildfire burned out of control on San Francisco Bay’s largest island and forced the evacuation of some 30 to 40 campers, but no one was injured.

Some 300 acres of vegetation on the hilly, grass and forest-covered island were shattered until now and Marine County fire officials said they will be dispatching water helicopters and call more than 1,500 firefighters to put a final end on it. So far they only managed to halt the spread which destroyed a home and threatened some wineries in Napa Valley.

Investigators said that so far the only clue on what might have caused all these, was “a rock struck by a car” which ignited the wildfire Friday afternoon and was helped by the windy days. Let’s hope there won’t be a ruined eco-system on Angel Island when they do the evaluations.

A place for those that love hiking, biking, camping and boating, San Francisco Bay’s Angel Island is a state park with a number of historic buildings and was used as a quarantine station for immigrants suspected of carrying diseases starting in the late 19th century.

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