LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Most of the northern California wildfires, fanned by strong winds over the weekend, have now been contained. Firefighters have been battling brush and forest blazes at Oakland, San Jose, Hayward, and in Lake and Napa counties. A hillside fire near San Jose burned 25 acres, destroying one home and damaging roofs on five others. That fire began when a power line fell, and it was one of five blazes in the San Jose area. The fire near Oakland was smaller, about 10 acres, but it evoked memories of the major blaze there nine years ago: the one that destroyed 3,000 homes and killed 25 people. Dionne Anglin, of our affiliate KRON is covering that story this morning and she joins us now, live from the fire scene -- Dionne.</s>DIONNE ANGLIN, KRON REPORTER: Good morning. Well, firefighters say gusty winds topping 40 miles an hour is what touched off a wildfire here in the Oakland hills yesterday. And for many, it was an eerie reminder of that deadly firestorm here just nine years ago to the day. Now, fire investigators say falling trees dragged down power lines, igniting the blaze, which scorched about 10 acres. Some folks wasted no time and packed up and fled their homes as a precaution. The fire, indeed, brought back painful memories of what happened here in 1991. That's when a raging inferno spread throughout the Oakland hills, killing dozens and destroying thousands of homes. Now, meantime, the fire that flared up here Sunday morning is out. People are back in their homes. But a small crew, as for the gusty winds that remain, is standing by, monitoring the area for possible flare-ups. In the meantime, that is the latest, live here, from Oakland. I'm Dionne Anglin, reporting live, for</s>CNN. HARRIS: All right, thanks Dionne, appreciate it. Nice and bright and early out there this morning out there in California.
Northern California Wildfires Under Control