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Engineering failures Verified

17 October 1989

The Cypress Street Viaduct Collapse

Cypress Street Viaduct collapse zone and memorial park, United States

When the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake struck on 17 October 1989, a 0.7-mile section of Oakland's double-deck Cypress Street Viaduct collapsed. The upper roadway fell onto …

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Fires Verified

19–23 October 1991

The 1991 Oakland Hills Firestorm

Fire origin slope above 7151 Buckingham Boulevard, United States

A brush fire above Buckingham Boulevard was controlled on 19 October 1991, then escaped again the next morning under hot, dry Diablo winds. Flames and wind-borne embers …

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