Oakland Hills Fire, 22 Years LaterRadin, Rick
What Benson saw prompted him and his late wife, Dinah, to work toward fire prevention, especially when they later bought a home in the Oakland Hills. They co-founded theOakland Firesafe Councilin 2014, along with Sue and Gordon Piper, a couple who had lost their house in the 1991 fir...
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 other street closures and evacuation orders will remain in place. A...
even heartless, while so many thousands continue to suffer and grieve the burning of Los Angeles. Roger Magoulas, who lost his own house in the Oakland Hills fire of 1991, has written a helpful article about what he wishes he had known at the time, including how to handle the comments of...
Fire scorches acre in Oakland hillsHarry Harris
Four members of the Oakland Fire Department’s Urban Search and Rescue Task Force removed a charred mattress spring and began combing through a mixture of ash, dirt, shredded wood and pieces of roofing tiles. Show more Nov. 20, 2018 2:05 PM PT Share ...
The Oakland-Berkeley Hills fire of 1991 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 (O... PL ...
heavy rains could wash away human remains in paradise, searchers fear four members of the oakland fire department’s urban search and rescue task force removed a charred mattress spring and began combing through a mixture of ash, dirt, shredded wood and piece...
This was certainly the case in Oakland, California— the fire itself contributed to its own spread by supplying wind to an already very windy day. A conflagration has been described as a fire which exceeds the boundaries of the city 展开 ...
The opening scenes will be familiar to residents of the Bay Area who have been beset by a seemingly ceaseless fire season for the last several years. Those of us who lived through the 1991 Hills fire in Oakland and Berkeley will remember feeling astounded when the fire jumped over six lanes...