 The economic loss from the fire was estimated at $1.5 billion (1991 USD).The fire started on Saturday, October 19, from an incompletely extinguished grass fire in the Berkeley Hills, northeast of the intersection of California State Routes 24 and 13 ( north of the Caldecott Tunnel west portal).Firefighters fought the fire on a steep hillside above 7151 Buckingham Blvd., and by Saturday night they thought it was under control.