A large fire in the Oakland hills was declared 15% contained Friday night after burning two homes and triggering evacuation orders, power shutoffs — and unsettling memories of an October afternoon three decades ago.

Oakland fire officials announced the blaze at about 1:30 p.m. Friday and said it burned about 13 acres in a neighborhood near Interstate 580, Keller Avenue and Mountain Boulevard.

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