[californiadisasters] 1991 Oakland Hills Firestorm, 10/20/2013, 11:00 am

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Title:		1991 Oakland Hills Firestorm
Date:		Sunday October 20, 2013
Time:		11:00 am - 11:00 am (GMT-08.00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Location:		Alameda County - East Bay Hills
Notes:		On this date in 1991 a powerful Diablo Wind Event featuring tropical storm force winds fanned a small smoldering fire on patrol status that had started and been contained the day before into a raging monster that killed 25 people (including both a firefighter and a policeman) and injured another 150 people, damaged or destroyed 3,354 single family dwellings and 437 multi-family dwellings, and scorched 1,520 acres costing a grand total of about $1.5 billion in 1991 dollars.
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