Oakland firestorm of 1991 - Wikipedia
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.
33 years ago: A look back at the 1991 Oakland Hills firestorm
Oct 20, 2024 · OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — Thirty-three years ago, on Oct. 19, 1991, a deadly firestorm tore through the Oakland Hills, killing 25 people and injuring 150. To this day, the cause of the fire...
'A graveyard of houses': It's been 30 years since the Oakland ...
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...
Oakland-Berkeley hills firestorm collection, 1991-1992
Dec 10, 2024 · On the Sunday morning of October 20, 1991 strong winds re-ignited embers from a wildfire near the Caldecott Tunnel in the Oakland hills that the Oakland Fire Department had put out the day before.
Listen: Remembering the 1991 Oakland-Berkeley Firestorm
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.
Fire sweeps through Oakland hills | October 19, 1991 - HISTORY
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...
The Oakland Hills Burned Before. LA Fires Have Many ... - KQED
Jan 15, 2025 · “Historically, the portion of the Oakland Hills that burned during the firestorm in ‘91 has burned similarly about once every 20 to 30 years. It’ll take a combination of factors and some things are definitely better, but I think really people don’t understand how fast these things can happen and move in the right conditions and right ...
The Oakland-Berkeley Hills fire of 1991 | US Forest Service ...
Sunday, October 20, 1991, will be remembered as the date of America’s most costly urban-wildland fire (FEMA 1992) and one of the worst fires involving loss of life and property since the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 (OFD 1992).
Oakland firestorm of 1991 - Simple English Wikipedia, the ...
The Oakland firestorm of 1991 was a major fire in October 1991 in west-central California. The fire began on Saturday, October 19, 1991 on the hillsides of northern Oakland and southern Berkeley . The official name of this wildfire was "Tunnel fire".
ABC7 Originals documentary 'Firestorm' chronicles 1991 ...
Oct 19, 2021 · SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Thirty years later, the 1991 Oakland Hills firestorm is still one of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California history. But it's also now very clear...