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OAKLAND — Following a night of heavy rains and strong winds, the fate of several houses in the Oakland hills were in the hands of city officials Friday, after residents evacuated when their homes were blue-tagged and red-tagged following a massive landslide.

One of the homes is in the 6500 block of Aitken Drive, where the landslide happened about 6 p.m. Thursday. The other houses are in the 6600 block of Banning Drive, which runs below Aitken.

City Public Works spokesman Sean Maher said three homes were red-tagged and engineers would continue assessing the mudslide sites Friday to determine next steps and stability of the affected homes, particularly those on Banning. No other homes are believed to be affected, he said.

Mud reached up to four to five feet against the back walls of two Banning homes and to the roof eaves of one of them, Maher said. Mud also oozed into the homes via doors and windows.

Portions of Aitken Drive were also crumbling, and driving or walking on the street was extremely hazardous on Friday. The street was closed in a two-block stretch for safety reasons.

Water service to 23 homes in the area was cut off as well.

Downed power lines left 401 customers in the dark. By early Friday afternoon the number of those without power was down to 21 and all were expected to have power restored later Friday, PG&E said.

The landslide brought firefighters, city public works, and PG&E and EBMUD workers to the scene.

EBMUD crews were the first to return to the area Friday morning but it was not immediately known when water service might be restored.

EBMUD spokeswoman Nelsy Rodriguez said Friday morning the homes were still without water. She said a 8-inch steel line has been shut down but there was still no service to homes on Aitken between Moore and Girvin drives as well as a few homes on Exeter Drive.

She said crews were trying to isolate the problem and get the number of homes without water down to three or fewer.

Fire Battalion Chief Dino Torres said the six houses were blue-tagged by firefighters because of slide damage and the 10 or so residents impacted were told to leave. Officials blue-tag a home so residents can be evacuated pending further evaluation of the structure by city officials.

At least one couple requested Red Cross assistance while the others found their own temporary housing, officials said.

The storm wreaked havoc throughout the city.

A fire dispatcher said Friday morning there were “trees and power lines down everywhere” but there were no reports of significant damage or injuries.

Maher said city residents encountering similar issues should call the Oakland Call Center at 510-615-5566, visit https://www.oaklandpw.com, e-mail callcenter@oaklandnet.com or through the SeeClickFix mobile app.