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Oakland Hills vegetation fire reaches roof of Panoramic Way home
A half-acre brush fire above UC Berkeley spread to a home on Panoramic Way Tuesday. Firefighters stopped its forward progress about 90 minutes after it began; residents were asked to shelter in place, but no evacuation orders were issued.
Firefighters stopped a brush fire that spread from a hillside to the roof of a home on Panoramic Way in Oakland on Tuesday, according to the Oakland Fire Department.
The blaze began around 11:45 a.m. in the 1000 block of Panoramic Way, above the UC Berkeley campus, and burned about half an acre. Fire crews stopped its forward progress by approximately 1:15 p.m., department spokesperson Michael Hunt said.
About 75 to 80 firefighters responded. Residents on Panoramic Way were asked to shelter in place, but officials issued no evacuation orders. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.