A man named Paul was salvaging what he could of his belongings in the house where he lived for six years off of Pine Dr. in Beulah on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. Residents of Beulah were allowed to return to their homes starting, The ones whose homes were destroyed were let in first. About three-quarters of the homes in the Beulah district during the Aspen Acres Fire. However, about The Aspen Acres Fire was estimated to have destroyed about 193 primary residences in the Beulah Valley, according to the Beulah Fire Protection and Ambulance District. There are about 950 residents in the district. (The Gazette/Jerilee Bennett)
Metal from vehicles that burned in the Aspen Acres Fire ran down a hill and then hardened. Residents of Beulah were allowed to return to their homes starting, The ones whose homes were destroyed were let in first. The Beulah Volunteer Fire Department said they saved about three-quarters of the homes in the Beulah district during the Aspen Acres Fire. However, about There are about 950 residents in the district. Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (The Gazette/Jerilee Bennett)The Beulah School and the Beulah Fire Protection and Ambulance District were some of the many buildings and homes saved by the monument efforts of firefighters from the Aspen Acres Fire. The fire literally surrounded the town. (The Gazette, Jerilee Bennett)A burned structure along Northcreek Rd. in Beulah after the Aspen Acres Fire on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (The Gazette/ Jerilee Bennett)Only the fireplace and wagon still stands at a home on Morton Dr. in Beulah after the Aspen Acres Fire on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (The Gazette/ Jerilee Bennett)Plastic fencing looks like modern after on Northcreek Rd. in Beulah after the Aspen Acres Fire on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (The Gazette/ Jerilee Bennett)A burned structure along Northcreek Rd. in Beulah after the Aspen Acres Fire on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (The Gazette/ Jerilee Bennett)A man looks through a burned structure near Pine Dr. in Beulah after the Aspen Acres Fire on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (The Gazette/ Jerilee Bennett)One of the many Beulah signs placed all over the town after the Aspen Acres Fire on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (The Gazette/ Jerilee Bennett)A Colorado and U.S. flag hang in the doorway of a demolished home off on Pine Dr. in Beulah after the Aspen Acres Fire on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (The Gazette/ Jerilee Bennett)Pueblo Chieftain newspaper boxes didn’t make it through the fire on Pine Dr. during the Aspen Acres Fire on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (The Gazette/ Jerilee Bennett)Looking through a charred fence at a burned home along a devastated street near Pine Dr. in Beulah after the Aspen Acres Fire on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (The Gazette/ Jerilee Bennett)A devastated street near Pine Dr. in Beulah after the Aspen Acres Fire on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (The Gazette/ Jerilee Bennett)