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Two people fighting the Bear Gulch fire on the Olympic Peninsula were
arrested by federal law enforcement Wednesday, in a confrontation
described by firefighters and depicted in photos and video.

Why the two firefighters were arrested is unclear. But a spokesperson
for the Incident Management Team leading the firefighting response
said the team was “aware of a Border Patrol operation on the fire,”
that it was not interfering with the firefighting response and
referred reporters to the Border Patrol station in Port Angeles.

Over three hours, federal agents demanded identification from the
members of two private contractor crews. The crews were among the
400 people including firefighters deployed to fight the wildfire,
the largest active blaze in Washington state.

https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/emergency-preparedness/ federal-agents-arrest-firefighters-working-on-bear-gulch-wildfire- in-washington-state/

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