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White Horse Ranch residents displaced due to the Grapevine Fire were the latest to return home after an evacuation order was lifted Thursday.

The lightning-caused Racetrack Fire, which started July 23, was at 60% containment as of Friday morning, July 28, according to the Prescott National Forest, and a Southwest Area Type 4 Team led by Incident Commander Andrew Giralt, assumed command of the fire, which is burning north of Highway 169 and south of Crater Mountain near the community of Cherry.

The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, in coordination with the wildfire incident management team plan to return the area of Whitehorse Ranch, in the vicinity of the Grapevine Fire, to a SET status, allowing residents to return to their homes this evening at 7 p.m., Thursday July 27, 2023.

The evacuation area for the Diamond Fire spreading northeast of metro Phoenix has been expanded, authorities said.

The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, in coordination with the wildfire incident management team plan to return the area of Whitehorse Ranch, in the vicinity of the Grapevine Fire, to a SET status, allowing residents to return to their homes this evening at 7 p.m., Thursday July 27, 2023.

An evacuation order was recently lifted for residents in Cherry while crews continue to battle the Racetrack Fire.

Volunteers in central Arizona were going door to door evacuating hundreds of people as a wildfire raged through the state. The fire has burned 500 acres so far.

Fire activity declined Tuesday, July 25, over the Racetrack Fire, north of Highway 169 and south of Crater Mountain, near Cherry, increasing containment to 20%. The lightning-caused fire started July 21, and is currently at 405 acres.

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An evacuation order was recently lifted for residents in Cherry while crews continue to battle the Racetrack Fire.