CRESCENT LAKE JUNCTION, Ore. -- Over 120 people who evacuated Tuesday due to fire danger can return home after an evacuation order was lifted at 2 p.m. Thursday, but they must remain ready to evacuate at a moment's notice should the fire find new life.

Also, Highway 58 across Oregon's central Cascade Mountains, closed since a wildfire erupted and jumped the highway Tuesday, also re-opened shortly before 2 p.m. Thursday, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation.

Joe Harwood with ODOT said there is still a lot of firefighting equipment on the road but that conditions have improved to a point where the highway could re-open to traffic.

The speed limit through the fire area has been reduced to 35 mph.

While the road was closed, Highway 126 remains the closest route to central Oregon for travelers in the southern Willamette Valley.

Further south, Highway 138 remains closed east of Glide, Ore., due to the Rattle Fire, a massive blaze burning on more than 11,000 acres. Crews there are working to remain logs, boulders and other debris from the road.

The Rattle Fire was caused by lightning in August. The Royce Butte Fire was started by humans, but authorities do not yet know how or who sparked the blaze.

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The Royce Butte fire burned about 381 acres and is 20 percent contained. The Rattle Fire has burned over 14,000 acres and is 30 percent contained.

Smoke from the fires was visible from space, shown in the imagery below from weather satellites.