Border Patrol agents conducted an operation at the site of Washington state’s biggest wildfire this week, and a Washington congresswoman’s office confirmed two firefighters were arrested at the site where first responders are working to contain the blaze that’s already torched almost 9,000 acres in the Olympic National Forest.

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    7 months ago

    Their plan is to let the fire spread to the border to act as some kind of hazardous flaming wall to prevent border crossings.

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      7 months ago

      Ah yes, that makes sense along the <checks notes> 15 mile wide stretch of water that separates that area from Canada.