JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. Hundreds of residents west of Ken Caryl who were forced to leave their homes in the middle of the night last week due to a fast-spreading wildfire in the area will be able to return home Tuesday, according to Jefferson County officials.

GOOD NEWS! read a social media post on X, formerly Twitter, from the Jefferson County Sheriffs Office Tuesday morning. Effective 10 a.m. today all mandatory evacuations will be lifted.

The lifting of the mandatory evacuation orders means some of the over 350 or so residents who still could not return home over the weekend will remain on pre-evacuation status, officials said on X.

Pre-evacuation notices for residents in the Deer Creek Mesa and Kuester subdivisions will also be lifted, according to officials.

Only residents who have registered with county officials at evacuation center at Dakota Ridge High School will be allowed in. Driver licenses will not work for re-entry into any of the affected neighborhoods.

Deer Creek Canyon Rd. will remain closed between Grizzly Dr. and Phillipsberg for several days for final clean up, county officials said.