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Nearly a month after the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in recorded California history, residents will be allowed into some parts of the devastated town of Paradise to check on their homes or what remains of them, officials announced on Wednesday, according to NBC News.

The milestone was treated with relief and a sense of hope among some of those whose homes burned in the so-called Camp Fire, which began on the morning of Nov. 8 and tore through parts of Paradise and other communities, killing at least 85 people. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

The number of those unaccounted for in the wake of the fire has dropped to 10, Butte County Sheriff Kory L. Honea said Wednesday. The list of unaccounted for had been at more than 1,000 names a week after the fire broke out.

The Camp Fire burned more than 153,000 acres and destroyed at least 13,972 homes, as well as hundreds of other commercial and other structures, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The fire was fully contained by Nov. 25.