Idaho firefighters ambushed by sniper while responding to brush fire near Canfield Mountain, leaving two dead and one injured as authorities urge residents to avoid the area.
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ASWATteamhaslocatedadeceasedmanandanearbyfirearmhoursafterasnipershotandkilledtwofirefightersandinjuredanotherwhiletheywerebattlingawildfireinIdaho,authoritiesconfirmedlateSunday.
TheKootenaiCountySheriff’sofficesaidthedeceasedmalewaslocatedonCanfieldMountain.Ashelterinplacewaslifted,butanactivewildfireremained,thesheriff’sofficesaid.
TheupdatecamehoursaftertheInternationalAssociationofFireFightersconfirmedthatthetwovictimswhowerekilledwerefirefighters.Some300lawenforcementofficerswereonscene.
“WhilerespondingtoafireearliertodayinCoeurd’Alene,Idaho,IAFFmemberswereambushedinaheinousactofviolence.Twoofourbrotherswerekilledbyasniper,andathirdbrotherremainsinsurgery,”theassociationsaid.“Pleasekeepthem,theirfamilies,andlawenforcementinyourprayers.”
FBIDeputyDirectorDanBonginosaidtheagencyrespond
