When Was the Oakland Hills Fire?
The Oakland Firestorm of 1991 Was a Large Suburban Wildland–Urban Interface Conflagration That Occurred on the Hillsides of Northern Oakland, California, and...
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.
How did the Oakland Hills fire start?
The fire started on Saturday, October 19, from an incompletely extinguished grass fire in the Berkeley Hills, northeast of the intersection of California State Routes 24 and 13 (0.5 mi (0.8 km) north of the Caldecott Tunnel west portal).
When was the Oakland-Berkeley fire?
The fire started on private property on the Oakland-Berkeley Hills on Saturday, Oct. 19, 1991. But smoldering remnants and strong winds caused the inferno the following day.
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