Boulder County officials issued an evacuation warning for Chautauqua Park following the outbreak of a wildfire near Bluebell Canyon, as reported by fire officials on Saturday afternoon. The fire, known as the Bluebell fire, has burned approximately half an acre.
Firefighters from Boulder Fire Rescue quickly responded to the fire southwest of the park and began dousing the flames with water. The wildfire dispatch program WildCAD confirmed the name of the fire as the Bluebell fire.
New wildfire south of Flagstaff Rd in the Chautauqua Park area. Follow @boulder_fire for updates.
Fire is visible from our office here in south Boulder. #COwx https://t.co/1DRDwq7EOd pic.twitter.com/jCa7XIBfkw
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) February 28, 2026
The evacuation warning for Chautauqua Park was issued at 1:25 p.m., with boundaries marked by Baseline Road to the north, 13th Street to the east, and Flagstaff Road to the west.
This is an ongoing situation.
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