MONUMENT — Residents of Monument and Long Creek are no longer under evacuation advisories.

As wildfires in the region continue to come under greater control, the Grant County Emergency management Office announced new reductions in evacuation preparedness levels on Saturday, Aug. 10.

All evacuation zones adjacent to but outside the Battle Mountain Complex Fire lines in Grant County have been downgraded, officials said. Level 2 zones are now level 1 and Level 1 zones have been removed. The city of Monument is no longer in an evacuation zone.

All evacuation zones west of the Courtrock Fire and south of Highway 402 have been removed, to include the town of Long Creek. Evacuation zones east of the Courtrock Fire to Highway 395 remain in place.