Government or official record
The Oakland-Berkeley Hills Fire: A Multi-Agency Review
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
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Where this source supports the record
Each entry separates the File’s editorial relevance note from its exact, section-level claims. A bibliography link without a direct claim is labeled plainly.
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Fires · 19–23 October 1991Open File evidence →
The 1991 Oakland Hills Firestorm
Fire origin slope above 7151 Buckingham Boulevard · United States
Why editors use it hereOfficial report collection documenting the origin slope, chronology, mutual aid, command, water, and response lessons.
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Quick read
A brush fire above Buckingham Boulevard was controlled on 19 October 1991, then escaped again the next morning under hot, dry Diablo winds.
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Trigger and conditions
Weather changed overnight.
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Uncertainty
The cause of the original 19 October ignition was not determined.
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Why it matters
The disaster shows why an urban wildfire is a systems failure as well as a flame front.
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