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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 .
Apr 7, 2022 · In 1937, the grand new Broadway Low Level Tunnel, then the longest highway tunnel in California, opened to drivers. (In 1960, it was rededicated in honor of Thomas E. Caldecott, a local politician ...
Oct 20, 2021 · East Bay Regional Park District Aftermath of the Tunnel Fire in Oakland, Calif. on Oct. 20, 2021. (Courtesy of East Bay Regional Park District) Thirty years ago, a 5-acre grass fire in the East Bay hills rekindled the day after it was thought to be extinguished. Fueled by dry Diablo winds, the blaze on Oct. 20, 1991 became the most devastating ...
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Oct 19, 2021 · The California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention has trained firefighters on how to use the new tools. Burned cars on the narrow escape routes in the Oakland hills (Courtesy of Patrick Sumner) Firefighters faced many challenges with the Tunnel Fire. Flames knocked out power lines, making it impossible to recharge water reserves.
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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. It destroyed over 3,500 homes, forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people, and took ...
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Oct 29, 2013 · October 29, 2013 at 8:05 a.m. ORINDA — One drunken driver striking a tunnel curb started the chain of events that led to one of the deadliest traffic tunnel fires in U.S. history. Seven ...
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]
