As the Oak Ridge Fire burning three miles from Beulah in Pueblo County continues to grow, so do nearby homeowners' anxieties. Eric Bakke lives about one mile from where flames took off. He said he's been keeping an eye on the fire from his property since it started last weekend. "I look out the window and I see this huge brownish column of smoke," Bakke recalled. "And I go, 'that just doesn't look right.' So I go out and I get up at a vantage point from our property, and sure enough, this darn thing had blown up and started to do its thing." Read more: https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/wildfire/residents-under-pre-evacuation-oak-ridge-fire/73-e496c138-45e6-4cf8-8990-fa25ebbc474a ----- More local videos here: https://youtube.com/@9news Subscribe to NEXT: https://youtube.com/@Nexton9NEWS Stay connected: 9NEWS Website: https://www.9news.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ilike9news Twitter: https://twitter.com/9NEWS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/9newsdenver/ Download the 9NEWS App: https://www.9news.com/appredirect/ Sign up for the 9NEWSLETTER: https://www.9news.com/email 9NEWS (KUSA) is located in Denver, Colorado.