Posted October 25, 2007, 8:58 PM.

Access to East Mission Road from Interstate 15 is still blocked, and residents in the burn area are not yet allowed to return.

According to the Sign On San Diego Blog, the rebuilding of a chlorination facility at Red Mountain by the Fallbrook Utilities District was necessary to trigger most of the evacuation to be lifted.

"Evacuation orders still are in effect generally between the interstate and Stagecoach Lane in the northeast and along East Reche Road to Live Oak Park," according to the blog entry.

Boundaries where the evacuation has been lifted are:

• West of Gird Road between Highway 76 and Reche Road
• West of Reche Road from Gird to Live Oak Park
• North of Live Oak Park from Reche Road to Alvarado
• West of Live Oak Park on Alvarado to Stage Coach Lane
• North on Stage Coach Lane to East Mission Road
• West on East Mission Road to the western boundary of Fallbrook

The Rice Canyon Fire was confirmed today to have been caused by a downed power line.