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.

Firefighters are responding to a four-alarm fire near the freeway in Oakland at I-580 and Keller Avenue. The Oakland Fire Department says seven structures have been burned near Mountain Boulevard and Maynard Avenue.

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,

A fast-moving vegetation fire broke out Friday afternoon in the hills of Oakland, California, burning at least two homes before firefighters were able to stop forward progress hours after the incident began.

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.

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.

The Keller Fire in the Oakland Hills had burned 13 acres and was 60% contained as of 6 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Oakland Fire Department.