Black Butte Ranch: "Business as usual"

Black Butte Ranch residents returned to their homes Wednesday, July 31.

Black Butte Ranch was set for "business as usual" on Thursday, August 1.

Residents returned to the Ranch Wednesday afternoon in a long, joyful caravan -- greeted by Ranch employees and firefighters.

While the return was restricted to residents and registered guests only on Wednesday, the Ranch was open to the public for golf and dining on Thursday.

The Cache Mountain fire, which forced the evacuation of the Ranch on Sunday, July 28, was 95 percent contained Thursday, with full containment expected by nightfall.

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