{"id":239,"date":"2026-05-17T22:32:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T22:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=239"},"modified":"2026-05-17T22:32:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T22:32:41","slug":"town-of-campo-under-mandatory-evacuation-after-oklahoma-wildfire-moves-into-southeastern-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=239","title":{"rendered":"Town of Campo under mandatory evacuation after Oklahoma wildfire moves into southeastern Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A wildfire that started in Oklahoma has pushed to the north and the entire town of Campo in southeastern Colorado is under a mandatory evacuation, Baca County officials warned Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=237\">Colorado nonprofit offers to buy water for fish, a deal that could help farms weather record drought<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fast-moving Sharpe fire ignited Friday night in Cimarron County in the Oklahoma Panhandle, and the Baca County Emergency Management office said the fire is an \u201cactive threat to life and property do not wait. Check on neighbors. Call 911 only for life threatening emergencies.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Sharpe fire exploded from roughly 3,500 acres to more than 10,000 acres in about six hours, officials said Sunday. Wind gusts have reached more than 35 mph in the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=235\">If this is sad, we don\u2019t want to be happy: An ice cream story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Campo has a population of about 60 people, and Baca County is home to roughly 3,300 residents.\u00a0An evacuation center has been set up in Springfield.<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said the Oklahoma Forestry Services has activated air support for the Sharpe Fire in Cimarron County to support crews on the ground. Dry thunderstorms in recent days have ignited numerous wildfires in the Panhandle and far northwestern Oklahoma, the agency said, and more than 60,000 acres have burned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=233\">Watch: The Colorado Sun discusses the Arkansas River in Rocky Ford<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story that will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharpe fire started Friday night in the Oklahoma Panhandle and has moved quickly, forcing evacuations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wildlife"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Town of Campo under mandatory evacuation after Oklahoma wildfire moves into southeastern Colorado - 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