Eric Bakke said he's watched the Oak Ridge Fire grow over the past week, a mile from his home.
burning three miles from Beulah in Pueblo County continues to grow, so do nearby homeowners' anxieties.
Bakke said he's lived in Colorado all his life, so he knows how quickly he could need to spring into action. Luckily, for the past week, he's just been in standby mode. "Just to keep our community informed and to give them a visual look at what this is about, because a lot of folks have never been educated or been around anything this close, and I'm sure it's a first time experience for a lot of folks," Bakke said.A Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane, with a lift capacity of 28,000 pounds, heads back to a staging area in Beulah Valley to refill with water.
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