BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — More people who were forced to evacuate by the Cold Springs Fire were being allowed to permanently return home Wednesday.

For days, evacuees of the fire have been out of their homes as ferocious flames threatened to change their lives as they know it. The fire started Saturday afternoon.

On Tuesday, hundreds of people who live in the Sugarloaf and Magnolia areas got to go home after two mandatory evacuation orders were lifted. Others were allowed to return home briefly on Wednesday to collect belongings and survey the damage.

On Wednesday afternoon, officials announced more residents would be allowed to return to their homes permanently.

“Homeowners and residents who live on Timberline Road, Horseshoe Trail, Tungsten Road, Switzerland Trail off Boulder Canyon (near Horseshoe Trail), west along Ridge Road from the zero to 1100 block (generally west of Hurricane Hill) and Boulder Canyon between Nederland town limits and Hurricane Hill will be allowed to permanently return to their homes,” the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said.

Earlier Wednesday, officials announced that people living in the 2600 to 5300 blocks of Ridge Road, Thunder Ridge Road, Conifer Road, Cougar Run, Alpine Vista, Shady Hollow, Shady Hollow Court, Rocky Knob Lane, and the 2300 block of Cold Spring Road would be allowed to permanently return home.

“[All] fire operations will move west of the Saint-Anton Highlands and Falls Pointe subdivisions,” the sheriff’s office said.

The sheriff’s office issued other updates on road closures Wednesday afternoon:

• Ridge Road remains closed from the 1200 block to the 2600 block.
• Cold Springs Road in its entirety remains closed.
• Boulder Canyon will remain closed to all traffic between Hurricane Hill and Summer Road for fire operations to continue.
• From Nederland, residents can drive east on Highway 119 to Hurricane Hill, and from Boulder, residents can drive west on Highway 119 to Boulder Falls (summer access). No traffic will be allowed through the section from Boulder Falls to Hurricane Hill.

Eight homes were destroyed were destroyed by the fire. Angus, who didn’t want to give his last name, cut short a trip to California, returning home Monday night to sleep in his van. He said home never felt so sweet.

“It feels really nice. I talked to police in Nederland and they thought it would be another two or three days. So I was bracing for that,” he said.

“It was scary. Really scary. Fire travels fast up here,” neighbor Andrea Frazer said.

Fire forced Frazer and her six dogs out of their home for two nights.

“We’re back safe home right now, which is pretty amazing,” she said.

And they’re happy home is just as they left it — a place for their pets to run freely — as firefighters halted the run of a dangerous wildfire. But she knows they’re not out of the woods yet.

“It’s windy. It’s always going to change,” Frazer said.

But with 25 percent containment by Tuesday night, the neighbors’ fears slowly burned out, and forgiveness for the two campers accused of starting the fire grew.

“I hope everyone knows and learns something from this. That If you want to enjoy nature, be responsible,” Frazer said.