OAKLAND, Calif. – Firefighters in the Oakland hills made progress fighting the Keller Fire on Saturday and were able to lift some of the mandatory evacuations facing nearby residents.
“We’ll be able to get people who live on Campus Drive back in their homes this evening,” said Oakland Fire Chief Damon Covington, adding that he hoped to lift all mandatory evacuations by sometime Sunday.
The fire, which ballooned to 13 acres, started Friday afternoon on a median of Interstate 580, jumping the highway and damaging two homes.…