Years After East Bay Hills Fire, New Blazes Cut Fresh Wounds

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Margaret Schaefer holds a news clipping saved from the day after the East Bay Hills Fire. Photo by Danielle Venton/KQED

KQED News Fix/The California Report

Last week was the 25th anniversary of the  East Bay Hills (or Tunnel) fire. The blistering conflagraton reached 2,000 degrees and was hot enough to boil asphalt, melt bronze and turn houses to ash almost instantly.

Read the story at KQED News Fix/The California Report.

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