At least seven homes were burned by a fast-moving fire in a hillside neighborhood of Oakland, California; hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate.
A fast-moving fire burned at least seven homes Friday as it raced along a hillside neighborhood in the city of Oakland where hundreds of people were ordered to be evacuated, a fire official said. Friday’s fire comes as forecasters issued red flag warnings for fire danger until Saturday across a large swath of the state. It was not immediately clear what caused the Oakland blaze.
Oakland Fire Department spokesperson Michael Hunt said he did not have an exact figure of the evacuees but estimated that hundreds of residents had been told to leave the area. No injuries were immediately reported. Crews were called to the area around 1:30 p.m. for a vegetation fire. The blaze grew to 13 acres within three hours before crews were able to stop it from advancing, the Oakland Fire Department said.
Wind sensors in two peaks west of Lake Tahoe registered 75 and 104 mph winds Friday with strong winds expected to continue through the night before tapering off Saturday morning, the National Weather Service said. The service also issued its first freeze warning of the season along the Sierra’s eastern front effective from 2 a.m. to 9 a.m.
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