A fast-moving fire fed by strong winds damaged at least seven homes Friday in a hillside neighborhood in the city of Oakland where more than 500 people were ordered to evacuate, officials said.

A five-alarm brush fire burning in Oakland, California, damaged several homes and threatened others on Friday, October 18.

At least two homes were destroyed by a wildfire in the hills around Oakland, Calif., with the blaze only 50% contained Saturday, local officials said.

Sims told NBC Bay Area that her husband was inside their home when the landscape caught on fire and caused a front window to

From the initial 200 firefighters from the Oakland Fire Department and Cal Fire, about 50 remained on the scene to extinguish the remaining hot spots, officials said early Sunday afternoon. Meanwhile,

The Keller Fire in the Oakland Hills was 85% contained as of Sunday afternoon, according to Cal Fire. Fifty personnel from the Oakland Fire Department and Cal Fire were at the scene of the fire Sunday morning to fully extinguish hot spots and clear hazardous vegetation,