day with unusual, turbulent winds, a spark from a fire of the previous day that the tranquil residents of Oakland and Berkeley, California were totally unaware of, reignited. From that spark developed a ferocious firestorm that swept down from the hills, leaped a multilane freeway, and, although the fire burned for two more days, within essentially four hours destroyed 3,356 homes and 456 apartments.
The Oakland Firestorm was the largest urban fire that the United States has ever witnessed. In the…
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