Boys, Idahu (AP) – Two days firefighters were killed when they were exposed to snipers’ fire while responding to the fire in the Mountain community in the north of Idaho, where the crews carry a barrage of shooting for several hours for several hours that the ruler called a “heinous” attack. No arrests have been announced.
The Coutinai Sharif County Office said that the teams responded to a fire in Mountain Canfield, north of Cor Dylan around 1:30 pm, and gunshots were reported about half an hour later.
Sherif Bob Norris said officials did not know whether anyone else had been shot.
“We do not know the number of suspects there, and we do not know the number of existing victims,” Norris told reporters at a press conference 4:30 pm. “We take the sniper fire actively and we are talking.”
Sharif said that people are still going from the mountain, so it will be safe to assume that “others are still there.
The state governor, Brad Little, said, “Multiple firefighters, who were attacked.
“This is a gruesome direct attack on the brave firefighters,” Little on the social platform X.
Norris said it seemed that the sniper was hiding in the rough terrain and using a high -power gun. He said he ordered the deputies to shoot.
Sharif said: “I hope that someone has a clear shot and can be able to neutralize, because at this time they are not evidence of the desire to surrender,” Sharif said.
An alert request from the Emergency Management Office in Coutinai County from people to avoid the area surrounding Canfield Mountain TrailHead and Nettleton Gulch Road, about 4 miles (6.5 km) north of the city of Coeur D’Alne.
Norris said the fire was still active.
He said: “He will continue to combust.” “No resources can be placed on now.”
Director Dan Bonjino said the FBI responded to the scene with technical teams and tactical support.
“It is still a very active and dangerous scene,” he wrote in a post on X.
“We are terrified of the killing of two firefighters at Coeur d’Alne, and they were shocked by an evil attack on the first respondents,” said the Republican leadership at Idaho House in a statement.
Coeur D’Alne is a city of 55,000 residents near the border with Washington. Canfield Mountain is a popular walking area and bicycle riding on suburbs, covered with trees and heavy brush and interrupted with paths.
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Weber of Los Angeles mentioned. In this report, he contributed to this report in the Associated Press at Associated Press Journalists Mid Grofer in Shayan, Wyoming, Josh Fonk in Omaha, Nebraska, in this report.