A search is underway for two inmates who escaped from a prison in Farmville, Virginia, over the weekend, according to law enforcement officials.

The Prince Edward County Sheriff's Department announced Alder Marin-Sotelo, 26, and Bruce Callahan, 44, both escaped from the Piedmont Regional Jail on Sunday.

Marin-Sotelo is awaiting trial in the 2022 murder of a deputy in Wake County, North Carolina, and was already convicted on federal gun charges.

Callahan was in custody on federal drug and gun charges.

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The sheriff's office initially began the investigation before turning it over to the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service after discovering both inmates were federal detainees. Neither one of the men were facing local charges and had no affiliation to Prince Edward County.

Prince Edward County Sheriff Tony Epps said in a Facebook post that jail staff provided investigators with video surveillance footage showing one inmate escape over the perimeter fence at around 1:18 a.m. on Sunday. The second inmate escaped later that evening at approximately 11:14 p.m.

A separate Facebook post by the Wake County Sheriff's Office reported that Marin-Sotelo is believed to have left the jail in an early 2000s red or burgundy Ford Mustang.

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"We are working with our state and federal partners, as well as local authorities in Virginia to ensure all resources are being used to bring the defendant back into custody," WCSO said in a statement.

Both inmates are considered to be dangerous and remain at large as of Monday night.

Wildfire season is only weeks away from heating up and the people on the front lines aren’t wasting any time getting ready.

It takes wildland firefighter trainees around 50 hours of classroom training and additional training in the field to become certified to fight wildfires.

"This is my opportunity to give back," said wildland firefighter Reese Cousins. "To protect people and property is our number one mission."

On field day, trainees work through four different exercises that prepare them for fighting high-risk flames, such as digging trench lines and deploying a portable fire shelter, to complete their certification.

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"Really giving them that sort of hands-on opportunity to really talk with instructors and go over stuff that virtual training really cannot replicate," said Thomas Kyle Milward with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources.

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Communication is a big part of each of the training exercises. Firefighters let each other know when trench lines are deep enough and how much water is needed to control a fire.

"Communication, it comes down to life and death in these scenarios and in the big fires," Cousins said, adding that trust is also important in the field.

According to the National Interagency Fire Center, there were almost 69,000 wildfires last year – more than 10,000 over the total for 2021.

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Since the West saw a lot of rain over the past few months, Kyle-Milward warned the wildfire risk could be higher this season because of an increase in plant growth – which quite literally adds fuel to the flames.

Kyle-Milward added that wildfire season could start in late May or early June out West.