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Oakland Fire officials later posted an update on the homes damaged by the fire after seeing conflicting reports. As of 5:15 p.m., Oakland Fire said there were two residential homes impacted by flames.
PHOTO: An air tanker drops retardant on a grass fire burning above Interstate 580 in Oakland, Calif., Oct. 18, 2024. (Noah Berger/AP)
The fire was near the 580 Freeway, which connects the San Francisco Bay Area to central California, causing traffic jams as people tried to leave the area and smoke wafted over the city of 440,000.
The Oakland firestorm of 1991 was a large suburban wildland–urban interface conflagration that occurred on the hillsides of northern Oakland, California, and southeastern Berkeley over the weekend of October 19–20, 1991, before being brought under full control on October 23. The official name of this incident by Cal Fire is the Tunnel Fire. [3]
Remains of houses destroyed in the Oakland firestorm of 1991 Satellite image from October, 2003 including Cedar Fire, one of the largest wildfires in California history. Starting in 2001, the National Interagency Fire Center began keeping more accurate records on the total fire acreage burned in each state. [16]
The Keller fire ignited a day before the 33-year anniversary of the Oakland Hills fire that killed 25 people and destroyed nearly 3,000 homes near the area that burned Friday.
The 2024 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of California.As of December 30, 2024, a total of 8,018 wildfires have burned a cumulative 1,049,963 acres (424,905 ha).
Evacuations are in place for certain Oakland Hills residents on Friday afternoon after a fast-moving fire broke out in the area. 'Evacuate now': Oakland brush fire burns two homes, prompts ...