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Earlier, officials said Oakland police officers were going door-to-door telling residents to evacuate.

Video from the ABC-owned San Francisco station KGO showed columns of smoke billowing into the air above the Oakland hills near Interstate 580.

Part of the interstate was temporarily closed in the area, the California Highway Patrol said.

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