Friday, October 26th, 2007 — Many evacuees from the Southern California wildfires are being allowed to return to their homes, even while nine fires remain burning. According to the National Interagency Coordination Center, 416,511 acres have burned thus far, 197,970 from the Witch Fire in San Diego County, which was only 30 percent contained as of 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) reported a total of 1,741 homes destroyed by the fires so far, and the count does not including outbuildings and commercial structures.