Beulah remains one of most active areas in the Aspen Acres wildfire but also has greatest area of containment

PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) --   On Day 11 of the Aspen Acres Fire, the Beulah area on the east side of the burn presents an interesting contrast.

It's where most of the containment -- which fell from 15% to 14 % overnight -- is, but also where dozens of homes have been lost.

The fire's eastern border remains one of the most active fire areas, with Beulah and Siloam Road mentioned regularly in daily fire updates.

It's where some of the now more than 1,800 personnel responding to the fire have been working.

On Wednesday night, authorities said that the burn zone received something it hasn't had since the fire began -- significant rainfall from storms.

Enough rain, in fact, that some areas had flash flood warnings.

No problems reported, but as many of us know, flash flooding on bare, fire-burned ground can be an issue.

The fire's 15% overall containment has held steady for a few days now.

Firefighters are still doing a lot of structure protection, using bulldozers to dig containment lines.

Beulah is no stranger to wildfires; the 2016 Beulah Hill Fire destroyed eight homes and 16 outbuildings and is believed to have started from sparks produced by a road excavator.

Authorities determined that lightning caused the 2005 Mason Gulch Fire, but no homes were lost because of previous extensive fire mitigation in the area.

Authorities also report that a new fire, south of the Aspen Acres burn zone, in Huerfano County, started yesterday morning.

It's being called the Pole Canyon Fire.

No word yet on its size, but authorities planned to make water drops yesterday.