Two killed in sniper ambush as Idaho firefighters come under siege from rifle fire

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A deadly ambush unfolded in northern Idaho, United States on Sunday (June 29) as firefighters responding to a blaze on Canfield Mountain came under sniper fire, killing at least two, believed to be fire personnel.   The Kootenai County Sheriff reported ongoing gunfire from multiple directions, suggesting several shooters.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/yc36aznc  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Firefighters responding to a blaze in a northern Idaho mountain community were ambushed by sniper

00:09fire on Sunday, resulting in at least two deaths and hours of gunfire in what the governor condemned

00:15as a heinous attack. The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office said emergency crews were

00:21dispatched to a fire on Canfield Mountain, just north of Coeur d'Alene, around 1.30 p.m.

00:29Gunshots were reported roughly 30 minutes later. Sheriff Bob Norris said the two victims are

00:34believed to be fire personnel, though it remains unclear if others were injured. Well, we don't

00:40know how many suspects are up there, and we don't know how many casualties that there are. Yeah, I

00:45suspect we'll have people coming forward that maybe are stuck up there that drove themselves to the

00:54hospital, but I suspect that would likely be the case. He said the shooter appeared to be using

00:59a high-powered rifle from a concealed position in the rugged terrain. Deputies were instructed to

01:05return fire, as the snipers showed no signs of surrender. Shots were reportedly coming from

01:11multiple directions, suggesting more than one shooter was involved. Authorities issued an alert

01:17urging the public to avoid the area around Canfield Mountain Trailhead and Nettleton Gulch Road,

01:23about 6.5 kilometers from downtown Coeur d'Alene. The fire remained active as of Sunday evening.

01:30FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino confirmed that technical and tactical teams have been deployed

01:36to the scene, noting that the situation is ongoing and remains dangerous.

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