Around a dozen people, including families, voluntarily evacuated their homes on Tuesday to escape potential safety concerns from a nearby fire at an environmental landfill in Moody.
Those people have been allowed to return home as of early Thursday afternoon according to the Moody Fire Department.
Moody Fire Inspector James Mulkey said drone thermal technology shows that the underground fire is not spreading and is contained within the perimeter.
The underground fire was the biggest challenge for first responders because they didn't know what could fuel it next or where it could spread to.
Fire fighters said people living in the area will still have to deal with smoke.
Jennifer Holt and her family of three remember seeing the flames even though her family's home sits more than a football field away.
She said, "when we started seeing the flames visible from the front porch it was very unnerving."
Her family has not evacuees.
Right now, the family is dealing with smoke circulating through their home.
"Seeped into curtains and clothes, closets, vents it's just everywhere. As soon as you walk through the door. It's an endless battle" she said.
She said the smoke is impacting the family's health.
"The inability to sleep at night without waking up just choking, wind changes and it starts sucking through the vents coming through the house. You wake up and can't even breathe."
Holt spent hundreds of dollars for an air purifier to get the smoke and its toxins out.
She said there's been reported concerns with the landfill long before the fire.
Now she and other neighbors just want it gone.
"I hope that this place is shut down" she said.
Mulkey said they will continue to have a crew out 24 hours monitoring the contained fire.
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management is investigating.