Firefighters made steady progress fighting a slow-moving brush fire near Yosemite National Park and Mammoth Mountain on Sunday.

The Inn fire began Thursday afternoon off Highway 395 in Mono County. By nightfall, it had grown to over 500 acres, prompting evacuations spanning much of Mono City and Lundy Canyon.

But as weather improved into Saturday evening, CalTrans reopened the highway to one-way traffic, and the Mono County Sheriff’s Office downgraded the evacuation orders to advisories, allowing residents to return home. As of 10 a.m. Sunday, the fire sat at 726 acres.

Overnight, fire crews with Cal Fire, Inyo National Forest and other local departments upped containment from 0% to 15%. In an update Sunday morning , officials described the fire behavior as “minimal, w

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