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The Caldecott Tunnel fire killed seven people in the third (then-northernmost) bore of the Caldecott Tunnel, on State Route 24 between Oakland and Orinda in the U.S. state of California, just after midnight on 7 April 1982. It is one of the few major tunnel fires involving a cargo normally considered to be highly flammable, namely gasoline.
The official name of this incident by Cal Fire is the Tunnel Fire. [3] It is also commonly referred to as the Oakland Hills firestorm or the East Bay Hills fire. The fire ultimately killed 25 people and injured 150 others. The 1,520 acres (620 ha) destroyed included 2,843 single-family dwellings and 437 apartment and condominium units.
The east–west tunnel is signed as a part of California State Route 24 and connects Oakland to central Contra Costa County.It is named after Thomas E. Caldecott (1878–1951), who was mayor of Berkeley in 1930–1932, a member of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors in 1933–1945, and president of Joint Highway District 13, which built the first two bores.
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A resulting fire soon spread from vehicle to vehicle, eventually encompassing the entire tunnel with flames shooting nearly 100 ft (30 m) outside the tunnel and burning at around 1,400 °F (760 °C). [citation needed]. Three people died—including a 38-year-old male truck driver and his 6-year-old male passenger—and ten people were injured ...
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The 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.4 km) long [2] tunnel was built in 1879 [3] by the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad. It was partially destroyed in 1961 by a fire, which was set by two boys. The fire killed 23-year-old firefighter Frank Kinsler when his truck fell 50 feet into the chasm. [ 4 ]