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"Los Alamos Evacuation Order Lifted; 12,000 Go Home"

"LOS ALAMOS, N.M. -- Honking horns and waving to firefighters, residents of a New Mexico city threatened by a massive wildfire rolled back into Los Alamos nearly a week after flames forced an evacuation and the closure of a nearby major nuclear weapons laboratory.

Summer showers gave a boost to firefighters battling the blaze and provided authorities enough confidence Sunday to allow the 12,000 residents to return home.

'Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!' yelled Amy Riehl, an assistant manager at the Smith's grocery store, as she arrived to help keep the store open for returning residents."

The Associated Press had the story July 4, 2011.

Source: AP, 07/05/2011