Sharpe Fire is 100% contained in southeast Colorado, 80% contained in Oklahoma

Denver7 · May 21, 2026 · 254 words · By Stephanie Butzer

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What to know about Wildfire Containment

— The portion of the Sharpe Fire that burned in Colorado is now 100% contained, officials announced Thursday, though parts are still active in Oklahoma.

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What happened

— The portion of the Sharpe Fire that burned in Colorado is now 100% contained, officials announced Thursday, though parts are still active in Oklahoma.

Why it matters

In total, the fire has burned about 29,200 acres across both states.

Common ground

Forest Service, more than 16,000 of those acres were in Colorado, near the town of Campo in the southeast corner of the state.

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Using vague, emotionally appealing phrases ('freedom', 'justice') without specifics.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The cause of the fire is unknown”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was provided to confirm or deny the cause of the fire.

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Claim 2: “Evacuation orders for Campo residents in the area were lifted on Sunday evening”

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Multiple independent sources (KRDO, The Colorado Sun, and another news report) confirm that mandatory evacuations for the town of Campo were lifted on Sunday.

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web search NEUTRAL — Rural residents near Campo are still under mandatory evacuations. Prev Next. Authorities have issued a mandatory evacuation for the entire Baca County town of Campo on Sunday for a fast-moving wildfir…
https://www.denver7.com/news/wildfire/mandatory-evacuations-…

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web search NEUTRAL — All residents in the town of Campo are being told to leave their homes immediately as a wildfire has spread. Campo is located in Baca County, close to the Colorado-Oklahoma Border. Baca County Emergen…
https://krdo.com/news/2026/05/17/mandatory-evacuations-in-pl…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mandatory evacuations were lifted Sunday for a town along Colorado's southern border as a fast-moving wildfire crossed over the state line from Oklahoma.
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/evacuations-campo-wild…

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Claim 3: “containment has reached 80% as of Thursday [in Oklahoma]”

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The evidence provided for this claim consists of dictionary and Wikipedia definitions of the word 'containment' and geopolitical strategies, not fire containment data for the Sharpe Fire.

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web search NEUTRAL — Containment was a geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism after the end of World War II.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Containment

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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · The meaning of CONTAINMENT is the act, process, or means of keeping something within limits. How to use containment in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/containment

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 13, 2026 · containment, strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States beginning in the late 1940s in order to check the expansionist policy of the Soviet Union.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/containment-foreign-policy

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Claim 4: “Colorado Gov. Jared Polis declared a disaster emergency in response to the fire on Sunday night”

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Multiple sources, including The Colorado Sun and a cross-reference, confirm Governor Jared Polis declared a disaster emergency on Sunday night.

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web search NEUTRAL — Colorado Governor Jared Polis declared a disaster emergency Sunday and activated the State Emergency Operations Center as the wildfire intensified across southeastern Colorado.
https://watchers.news/2026/05/18/state-of-disaster-emergency…

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web search NEUTRAL — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has declared a disaster emergency in response to the Sharpe fire, which is estimated to be more than 28,000 acres, the governor’s office said Sunday night.
https://coloradosun.com/2026/05/17/colorado-wildfire-campo-e…

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web search NEUTRAL — Governor Jared Polis declared a disaster emergency in response to a fire burning near Trinidad late Monday afternoon.
https://www.kktv.com/2026/04/14/governor-polis-declares-disa…

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Claim 5: “more than 16,000 of those acres were in Colorado, near the town of Campo”

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Multiple sources confirm the fire burned over 16,000 acres in Colorado near Campo. KRDO specifically estimates about 18,000 acres in Colorado.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This page documents wildfires across the United States in 2026 that have burned more than 1,000 acres (400 hectares), produced significant structural damage or casualties, or otherwise been notable. A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_wildfires

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pawn_Stars_episodes

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of abou…
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Claim 6: “The portion of the Sharpe Fire that burned in Colorado is now 100% contained”

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Two independent cross-references from KRDO report that the Colorado portion of the fire is 100% contained, citing the U.S. Forest Service.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Colorado Coalfield War was a major labor uprising in the southern and central Colorado Front Range between September 1913 and December 1914. Striking began in late summer 1913, organized by the Un…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Coalfield_War

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Colorado Rapids are an American professional soccer club based in the Denver metropolitan area. The Rapids compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. Founded in 19…
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Claim 7: “More than 12,000 acres burned in Oklahoma”

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The provided web search results discuss general Oklahoma wildfires (170,000+ acres) but do not specifically break down the acreage for the 'Sharpe Fire' in Oklahoma to confirm the 12,000-acre figure.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cade Parker Cunningham (born September 25, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He attended Bowie High School in hi…
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Claim 8: “parts are still active in Oklahoma”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of unrelated Wikipedia entries about Oklahoma and news about a different fire (the 'Sherpa Fire' in California). No evidence confirms the status of the Sharpe Fire in Oklahoma.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2015–16 Oklahoma City Thunder season was the 8th season of the franchise in Oklahoma City and the 50th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the first under head coach Billy Donovan. A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015–16_Oklahoma_City_Thunder_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robert Edward Turner III (November 19, 1938 – May 6, 2026) was an American businessman, television producer, media proprietor, and philanthropist. He founded CNN, the first 24-hour cable news channel,…
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Claim 9: “In total, the fire has burned about 29,200 acres across both states”

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Multiple sources report the total acreage around 28,000-29,000. One source explicitly states 'more than 29,000 acres across Baca County, Colorado, and Cimarron County, Oklahoma'.

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Claim 10: “people living outside the town's limits remained under those orders”

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Both The Colorado Sun and another news source explicitly state that rural residents/areas outside the town limits of Campo remained under mandatory evacuation orders.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Sandy Fire continued growing Monday as shifting winds prompted additional evacuation orders and warnings across the region. AP Photo/Ethan Swope. A resident waters plants with a hose outside a hou…
https://dnyuz.com/2026/05/19/sandy-fire-evacuation-warnings-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Authorities have lifted evacuations for people living in Campo, but rural residents near the town are still under mandatory evacuation orders.Mandatory evacuations in place for town of Campo due to fa…
https://www.denver7.com/news/wildfire/mandatory-evacuations-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Rural areas around Campo remained under mandatory evacuation Sunday night, the Baca County Emergency Management office said.Campo has a population of about 60 people, and Baca County is home to roughl…
https://coloradosun.com/2026/05/17/colorado-wildfire-campo-e…

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