At least one firefighter arrested in Washington state while battling a blaze on the Olympic Peninsula is a resident of Oregon, his attorneys said Thursday.

Attorneys at Innovation Law Lab said they have not been able to contact the man after officers from multiple federal agencies appeared at a wildfire work site Wednesday and arrested the two men.

“Although we have been searching for him since yesterday afternoon, CBP has concealed his whereabouts,” said Rodrigo Fernandez-Ortega, a staff attorney. “Our client has not been able to make contact with his lawyer or family.”

“We demand that they allow him to access counsel as is his right afforded by the U.S. Constitution,” Fernandez-Ortega added.

Agents from the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Customs and Border

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