Two people are dead after firefighters were ambushed by an armed man, or multiple gunmen, while responding to a fire in Coeur d’A Alene, Idaho, authorities said.
The Kootenai County Sheriff, Robert Norris, said during an informative press session that the number of other injured in the attack and continuous fire is unknown.
It is believed that the two deaths are fire personnel, Norris said.
Two people are dead after firefighters were ambushed by an armed man, or multiple gunmen, while responding to a fire in Coeur d’A Alene, Idaho, authorities said.
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The incident was developed at approximately 1:30 pm local time after a small but growing brush fire in Canfield Mountain on Sunday afternoon.
When fire personnel responded to the fire about half an hour later, they began to receive a shot by an unknown person, or people, in the forest, authorities said.
Norris said the situation remains active and that the authorities are currently on fire from multiple directions in the mountain.
The civilians are also getting off the mountain and could be trapped in the middle of the fire, Norris said.
Two people are dead after firefighters were ambushed by an armed man, or multiple gunmen, while responding to a fire in Coeur d’A Alene, Idaho, authorities said.
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Police are investigating whether the fire could have intentionally established to attract the first to respond, he told ABC News, Lieutenant of the Kootenai County Sheriff, Jeff Howard.
The search for the suspect is ongoing, they told ABC News informed ABC News. A police helicopter is flying over the area to try to locate the suspect in the air, authorities said.
Landing the helicopter to help on the ground becomes more difficult in the mountain field because the shooter is still in general, the authorities added.
The scene is considered an active shooter situation and a refuge order has been issued in the place for Canfield Mountain Trailhead and its surroundings.
Two people are dead after firefighters were ambushed by an armed man while responding to a fire in Coeur d’Airne, Idaho, authorities said.
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The FBI is helping the authorities in Kootenai County, a spokesman for the ABC News said.
Idaho Governor Brad Little, described the incident as an “atrocious direct assault on our brave firefighters.”
“Multiple heroic firefighters were attacked today while responding to a fire in the north of Idaho,” Little wrote in a Publish in x. “I ask all the Idaho. That they pray for them and their families while we wait to learn more,” he added.
The Secretary of National Security Kristi Noem has been informed about the shooting, a DHS official to ABC News told ABC News.
Tristan Maglunog, Luke Barr and Pierre Thomas of ABC News, contributed to this report.
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