Crews halt fast-moving brush fire that burned 2 Oakland homes, forced 500 evacuations

Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Firefighters in California remain on the scene of a fast-moving blaze fueled by strong winds that burned two homes and damaged several others in a hillside neighborhood in the city of Oakland. Hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate before more than 100 firefighters stopped the progress of the flames late Friday. Some evacuation orders remain in place but traffic was moving again Friday night on part of an interstate that had been closed. Authorities issued red flag warnings for fire danger until Saturday across a large swath of the state, from the central coast through the Bay Area to near the Oregon border.