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The official name of this incident by Cal Fire is the Tunnel Fire. 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.
Nov 13, 2009 · On October 19, 1991, a fire begins in the hills of Oakland, California. It went on to burn thousands of homes and kill 25 people. Despite the fact that fires had ravaged the same area three...
Oct 19, 2021 · Thirty years ago, on Oct. 19, 1991, a grass fire ignited near the Oakland-Berkeley border. By the morning of Oct. 20, it had erupted into a firestorm that quickly spread through the East Bay Hills, becoming one of the most destructive fires in U.S. history.
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Oct 19, 2021 · Thirty years ago today, on the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 19, 1991, a small grass fire broke out behind a hillside home at 7151 Buckingham Blvd. in the Oakland Hills, around half a mile from...
Oct 2, 2021 · OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – This month marks 30 years since the Oakland firestorm that killed 25 and injured 150 people. Every October, the city of Oakland reflects on the events and remembers the...
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Oct 21, 2021 · Thursday, October 21, 2021. The 1991 Oakland East Bay hills fire killed 25 people and burned 3,500 homes. Now, homeowners are working to prevent another fire. OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Thirty...
Oct 20, 2021 · Fueled by dry Diablo winds, the blaze on Oct. 20, 1991 became the most devastating California fire of the time. The densely populated areas in the Berkeley and Oakland hills wildland-urban interface are in many ways more at risk today than they were then.
