Oakland firefighters responded to a vegetation fire Friday afternoon that spread to at least four structures — including homes — and prompted evacuations in an Oakland residential neighborhood.  The fire,

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.

Crews battling the five-alarm fire in the Oakland Hills worked through the night, achieving 50% containment by late Saturday morning, CalFire officials said. They will remain on the scene all day, extinguishing smoldering spots and clearing trees and brush.

Hundreds of residents in Oakland are evacuated due to a brush fire.

Mountain Boulevard, and Keller Avenue area in the Oakland Hills evacuated their homes as a five-alarm fire grew to 13 acres Friday afternoon. As of 4 p.m., OFD says forward progress of the fire has stopped.

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.

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 fire that burned in Oakland, California, saw clouds of smoke rising nearly engulfing a busy freeway on Friday. The Oakland Fire Department said they have largely contained the blaze which began as a vegetation fire and Keller Avenue at around 1:30 p.