A brush fire erupted in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, forcing the evacuation of hillside neighborhoods and the closure of a major highway as high winds threatened to spread the blaze.

The four-alarm fire, which officials have named the Keller fire, had burned about 13 acres and spread to at least four buildings in an Oakland Hills area, the Oakland Fire Department said. It came one day before the 33rd anniversary of the 1991 Tunnel fire, which killed 25 people and destroyed 3,000 homes several miles north of the current blaze.

The area has some of the East Bay’s most desirable homes, peering over the San Francisco Bay with views of city skylines. But the 1991 blaze also looms in the memories of longtime residents as a deadly threat, especially in an era of climate change that has included some of the most destructive wildfires in California history.

At least 80 firefighters were dispatched to the area on Friday, and officials issued evacuation orders for dozens of homes. There were no reports of injuries, fire officials said. The fire prompted officials to stop traffic on Interstate 580 less than half a mile west of the fire.

The National Weather Service issued red flag warnings for much of the Bay Area this week as forecasters predicted a combination of conditions that made fires more likely. Strong wind gusts, low humidity and dry fuel had fire officials across the region on high alert, and Pacific Gas & Electric had pre-emptively shut off power to some customers in Northern California.

October has become ever more dangerous in California as heat waves continue deeper into the fall season and landscapes become ever more parched months after the last major rainfall.

This is a developing story.

Erin McCann contributed reporting.