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The fire began on Saturday, October 19, 1991 on the hillsides of northern <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> and southern <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a>. </p><p>The official name of this <a href="/wiki/Wildfire" title="Wildfire">wildfire</a> was "Tunnel fire".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Twenty-five people died in this wildfire. Another 150 were injured. </p><p>The fire caused $1.5 billion in damage.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More than 2,800 houses and 437 <a href="/wiki/Apartment" title="Apartment">apartments</a> and <a href="/wiki/Condominium" title="Condominium">condominiums</a> were severely damaged or destroyed by the fire. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oakland_firestorm_of_1991&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: History" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oakland_firestorm_of_1991&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: History"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> firestorm of 1991 was a big fire that started from a small fire that was not put out well. The small fire was on a hill near a road. The big fire happened on October 19 and 20, 1991. It burned many houses and trees in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a> and <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley, California</a>. The wind made the fire move fast and far. Many people died or got hurt in the fire. 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