OAKLAND — Crews continued to battle a fireplace within the Oakland hills via the evening, reaching some containment, and are anticipated to stay within the space via a lot of Saturday, officers mentioned.
About 13 acres burned earlier than crews stopped ahead progress on the hearth at about 3:30 p.m. Friday. The blaze broke out shortly earlier than 1:30 p.m. within the space of Mountain Boulevard and Maynard Avenue, close to Interstate 580.
The 5 alarm fireplace was at about 15% containment final evening. Two buildings have been impacted by flames and dozens of houses alongside Maynard Avenue, Sanford Road, and Greenridge and Canyon Oaks Drive.
Evacuations have been referred to as alongside Altura Place, Campus Drive, Crystal Ridge Court docket and Rifle Lane, based on fireplace officers. Officers halted additional evacuations about 9:30 p.m. however an evacuation order was nonetheless energetic for affected areas late Saturday morning. Firefighters are anticipated to stay on scene via most of Saturday, officers mentioned.
The fireplace got here in the future shy of the thirty third anniversary of the 1991 Oakland Hills Fireplace that killed 25 folks, injured 150 others and destroyed greater than 3,400 houses. It additionally got here amid a purple flag warning for extreme fireplace situations that enveloped the whole Bay Space.
