Oakland Hills Fire - Inside Bay Area

Teresa Ferguson's nightmare started the day the flames appeared on the skyline above her home in the Oakland hills. Today, 20 years later, the effects of the firestorm still reverberate through every corner of her life.

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	Events, exhibits commemorate 20th anniversary of Oakland Firestorm October marks the 20th anniversary of the Oakland hills firestorm and a series of commemorations, events and exhibits are planned to mark the disaster. Keeping it from happening here: Lamorinda firefighters learned from 1991 Oakland Hills firestorm When the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection identified areas within Lamorinda as "very high fire hazard severity zones" in 2008, Moraga-Orinda Fire Chief Randy Bradley made it a priority to call attention to the perilous conditions hidden beneath the beauty of Lamorinda's steep slopes

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