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PHOTO: An air tanker drops retardant on a grass fire burning above Interstate 580 in Oakland, Calif., Oct. 18, 2024. (Noah Berger/AP)
A fast-moving fire fed by strong winds damaged at least seven homes Friday in a hillside neighborhood in the city of Oakland where more than 500 people were ordered to evacuate, officials said.
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 ...
The story of the Oakland fire is a major plot element of the children's book Tikvah Means Hope, by Patricia Polacco. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1994. ISBN 0-385-32059-0; The 1993 ABC TV movie Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland, starring Jill Clayburgh, LeVar Burton and Michael Gross was based on the Oakland Hills fire. It ...
The October 2017 fires were the costliest group of wildfires on record at the time, causing around $14.5 billion (2017 USD) in damages, including $11 billion in insured losses and $1.5 billion in fire suppression costs, [5] [6] surpassing the 1991 Oakland firestorm, which until then had been the single costliest fire on record.
In total, more than 2.7 million people live in "very high fire hazard severity zones", which also include areas at lesser risk. [9] On lands under CAL FIRE's jurisdictional protection (i.e. not federal or local responsibility areas), the majority of wildfire ignitions since 1980 have been caused by humans.
(BCN) — The Keller Fire in the East Oakland hills is 90 percent contained on Monday morning, fire officials said. The wind-driven fire broke out about 2:25 p.m. on Friday near Keller Avenue and ...
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.