Beulah Fire: Courage in the Ashes | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews The Aspen Acres fire tore through Beulah, obliterating the beloved Horseshoe Lodge and leaving volunteers—many of them local heroes—pushed to their limits by flames fueled by propane explosions and a deadly wind shift. Captain Tom Laca described the chaos of the first day, where time blurred and the mission was clear: protect people, not property. Even as they mourned the loss of cherished community spaces and homes, Beulah’s firefighters regrouped, returned to the line, and kept fighting—backed by helicopters and water trucks at Red Cliff Ranch. With power and water still out, and hazardous trees blocking the path to recovery, the town is rallying under a defiant “Beulah strong” banner, proving resilience in the face of devastation. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/9b9287948207b88d