The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office is lifting evacuation orders on the southern edge of Aspen Acres fire.

Sheriff David Lucero said residents can return to Colorado City, Burnt Mill Road, Crow Cutoff and Waterbarrel Road as long as they have cards issued from the Disaster Assistance Center. The center is shutting down for the afternoon, he said about 4 p.m. during a news conference.

The areas will be in a pre-evacuation status and residents should be ready to leave, he said.

The homes and businesses also may not have electricity when residents return, Lucero said.

In the Beulah and North Creek Road area re-entry will take time, he said. Officials said they expect to release drone footage soon that could give residents a better idea of losses in that area.

“Rest assured we want to get you back in your homes as soon as possible,” he said.

Officials are also staffing up the Disaster Assistance Center at Pueblo Academy of Arts so that wait-times can come down, he said.

If residents or property owners have not been notified about property losses, it could be because officials haven’t yet assessed the property, Lucero said, or officials do not have current contact information for owners.

Residents who believe they may have lost property should register through a portal available at puebloemergency.info.

In Pueblo County, he said that 185 homes and four businesses have been lost.