Evacuees forced out of their homes by the Keller Fire in the Oakland Hills were allowed to return home after final evacuation orders were lifted Sunday.
All evacuees forced out of their homes by the Keller Fire in the Oakland Hills were allowed to return home. Fire officials lifted the final evacuation orders at 8 p.m. on Sunday.Earlier in the day, Oakland police officers escorted evacuees, who live on or near Campus Drive back to their homes.'Yes, it's quite a journey,' said Marc Bryan, when asked about his first trip back home since Friday.Bryan said he was relieved to make that journey home.
'The smoke plumes were going south and west of us,' recalled Bryan.The wind-driven fire at one point threatened several hundred homes. Airplanes and helicopters joined the firefight pretty quickly. Authorities say Cal OES had pre-positioned those air resources in the county because of the Red Flag Warning for the region.'The response was just extraordinary. And I'm immensely grateful for that,' said Bryan.
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