OAKLAND — Some residents of an Oakland hills neighborhood evacuated their homes after a landslide Thursday evening, authorities said.

A spring storm brought heavy rains and high gusts of wind, softening already saturated grounds and knocking down multiple trees and power lines across the region.

Just after 6 p.m., firefighters received word of the slide in the 6700 block of Banning Drive, an Oakland fire dispatcher said.

Just before 10 p.m., Oakland fire battalion chief Dino Torres said crews with Pacific Gas and Electric were en route, while city engineers and public works crews were on scene.

Torres said the slide directly affected two homes and forced seven homes’ evacuation as a precaution. The slide also led to a road collapse on nearby Aitken Drive, cutting off additional traffic in the neighborhood and forcing East Bay Municipal Utility District crews to cut off water to 25 homes.

Red Cross Bay Area staff assisted at least one family, but other families decided to seek shelter on their own with family members or friends, Torres said.

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Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.