An arrest has been made in connection with the largest wildfire in Washington…

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What we can confirm

Multiple reputable reports and reference sources document that federal agents arrested two firefighters who were working on the Bear Gulch Fire, which was described in contemporaneous reporting as Washington state’s largest active wildfire at the time, and is later characterized as the largest fire on the Olympic Peninsula since 1951.[2][3][5][6][8] These arrests were carried out by U.S. Border Patrol and related federal agencies during an operation at the fire site, explicitly linking the arrests to the wildfire incident.[2][3][5][6][8] Although “largest wildfire in Washington state” can be ambiguous (largest active at the time vs. largest in state history), the core assertion that arrests were made in connection with that largest active wildfire is well supported by the available evidence.[2][3][5][6][8]