A fast-moving fire fed by strong winds damaged at least seven homes Friday in a hillside neighborhood in the city of Oakland where more than 500 people were ordered to evacuate, officials said.

A five-alarm brush fire burning in Oakland, California, damaged several homes and threatened others on Friday, October 18.

Firefighters hoped to have all evacuation orders in the Oakland Hills lifted by Sunday evening.They announced only evacuees who live on Campus Drive will be allowed to return home after 8 p.m. on Saturday evening.

The Oakland Fire Department says four structures have been burned near Mountain Boulevard and Maynard Avenue. Sixty firefighters are responding to the scene, fire officials said.

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

A brush fire erupted in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, forcing the evacuation of hillside neighborhoods and the brief closure of a major highway as high winds threatened to spread the blaze. The five-alarm 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,

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The yellow evacuation warning, which indicated a “potential threat to life and/or property,” was lifted for Zone 179 late Friday evening.

Crews from several other counties also provided assistance. 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,