The Oakland Fire Department Chief on Saturday said the fire in the Oakland Hills was 50% contained. Chief Damon Covington said crews would be in the area throughout the day, and they will be removing some eucalyptus trees for safety reasons.

The fire came one day shy of the 33rd anniversary of the 1991 Oakland Hills Fire that killed 25 people, injured 150 others and destroyed more than 3,400 homes.

OAKLAND — Firefighters were battling a three-alarm fire Friday morning in the Oakland Hills that forced evacuations, fire officials said. Oakland Fire spokesperson Michael Hunt said the fire had burned four houses in the area of Mountain Boulevard and Maynard Avenue, near Interstate 580.

A fire that burned in Oakland, California, saw clouds of smoke rising nearly engulfing a busy freeway on Friday. The Oakland Fire Department said they have largely contained the blaze which began as a vegetation fire and Keller Avenue at around 1:30 p.m. local time.

The Oakland Fire Department says firefighters are responding to a three-alarm fire burning near the Oakland Hills on Friday afternoon. The fire, according to OFD, is burning near Keller/Mountain on Mountain Boulevard and Maynard.

Hundreds of residents in Oakland are evacuated due to a brush fire.

From the initial 200 firefighters from the Oakland Fire Department and Cal Fire, about 50 remained on the scene to extinguish the remaining hot spots, officials said early Sunday afternoon. Meanwhile,

Frightening moments were seen in the Oakland Hills Friday as a fire raced up steep terrain destroying one home and threatening others.

Sims told NBC Bay Area that her husband was inside their home when the landscape caught on fire and caused a front window to