Quote Originally Posted by smilingcat View Post
I've thought about the horrid Oakland fire and comparing to SD fire...
The Oakland hills fire was horrible, I lived off Broadway at the time. Not in the hills but remember the flames and smoke. The courageous fire crews took a stand and stopped the fire before it reached the Claremont Hotel or its surrounding and explosively flamable eucalyptus groves.

www.claremontresort.com

If the huge wooden Claremont had gone ... it would have been a whole 'nother story.

I think much of Oakland/Berkeley would have gone.