A five-alarm brush fire in Oakland, California, sparked evacuation orders as it burned two homes on Friday.

Crews were "working aggressively to fully extinguish" the blaze in Oakland Hills, named the Keller Fire, the Oakland Fire Department said in an update on Xearly Saturday morning.

The fire started Friday afternoon in a home on Mountain Avenue. Wind carried flames into a grove of Eucalyptus trees, where it has grown to 15 acres, NBC Bay Area reported. The fire was 50% contained as of Saturday morning, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire).

Fire Chief Damon Covington said at a news conference Friday that crews were able to stop the forward progress of the fire but said "we still have a lot of work to do."

Oakland fire said two homes have been impacted by flames. Dozens of other homes on Maynard, Sanford, Greenridge and Canyon Oaks were threatened by flames but not............Read More