Wildfires don't just happen in the wild. They can happen in the middle of cities, too. And they are terrifying. Take a look back at the firestorm that tore through the East Bay Hills, streaming now on our ABC7 News Bay Area app.
Thirty years later, the 1991 Oakland Hills firestorm is still one of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California history. But it's also now very clear that the urban inferno that killed 25 people and torched more than 3,500 structures was a sign of things to come.
major wildfires can happen anytime and anywhere in California, even in the middle of a major metropolitan city.. The 35-minute documentary showcases archive video not seen in decades and survivors' firsthand accounts of the inferno.now to watch the full documentary."Sunday, we got called out at 7:30 in the morning for rekindle. The wind was howling what we call the Diablo, the Eastern winds, gusting up to 70 miles an hour.
"Then there was this big rumbling sound, and the ground started to shake. It sounded like a 747 was right overhead. The debris from the eucalyptus was hitting the ground and catching on fire. Last thing I remember is a reverse cascade of fire from the ground to the top of the trees and then it just the whole line of trees next to the houses just blew up.""The sky kept getting darker and darker and darker.
"I could hear the radios, all the chatter on the radios and I heard areas that were not where we were but we're on the other side of the freeway. Because you really didn't realize how big the fire was.
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