Large brush fire near highway destroys multiple homes, injures firefighter in Oakland, California
Firefighters are working quickly to put out a fire that is burning homes and other structures in Oakland, CA.
Large brush fire destroys homes in Oakland, CA
Crews are working to put out a fire that started along a highway and spread to nearby homes. FOX 2 aerial footage shows the devastation.
OAKLAND, Calif. - Multiple homes were destroyed Friday afternoon after a fire broke out near an Oakland, California, highway.
The fire started around 2 p.m. next to I-580. The Oakland Fire Department said the incident went to a 4-alarm fire about an hour after it started.
Helicopter footage shows fire burning near Chevron station in Oakland
KTVU FOX 2 chopper footage show the vegetation fire burning along I-580 in Oakland, California.
Officials say they worked to gain control of the fire, but at least four homes have been impacted by the fire.
FOX 2 says an Oakland firefighter was taken by medics on a stretcher for "heat-related injuries" near the burning houses on Quigley between 35th Ave. and Loma Vista.
Drivers along I-580 watched as the fire burned along the interstate.
Drivers watch as a large fire burns along Oakland highway
A 4-alarm vegetation fire erupted near westbound I-580 in Oakland, California, Friday afternoon.
The nearby neighborhood remains evacuated as crews work to put out the fire.
No word yet on the cause of the fire.
Homes and trees are burning from a fire located along a highway in Oakland, CA.
(KTVU FOX 2)