Idaho police are under the snipers attack while leaving an ambush on firefighters two dead star-news.press/wp

Two people were shot in a mountainous community in the state of Idaho, in the northwest of the United States, while they were responding to the brush fire, the officials say.

Robert Norris, the Cuttenna County Office, said that at least the suspect shoots the law enforcement with a high -energy rifle near the city of Cor Dalin.

Sherif Norris said: “We are creating a sniper fire activity and we are talking,” adding that the officers reported the bullets coming from different directions. The population was asked to avoid the scene, which is located on Mount Canvied.

The deputy director of the FBI Dan Bonjino said that the agents “will provide tactical and operational support,” said Governor Brad Little, “multiple heroic firefighters” were attacked.

“This is an outrageous direct attack on our brave firefighters,” the ruler posted on X.

He added: “Since this situation is still developing, please stay clear from the area to allow law enforcement and firefighters to carry out their jobs.”

Senator Idaho Mike Crabo said in X that he “monitors the horrific reports from Coeur d’Alne”.

“We do not know if there is one, two, three, or four” at the scene, about four miles (6.5 km) north of Corcal Dalin, “Sharif Norris said at a press conference on Sunday.

“We do not know the number of suspects there, and we do not know the number of existing injuries,” he said.

The authorities believed that the two people who were killed were firefighters.

“I hope that someone has a clear shot and that he is able to neutralize, because they are not at this time period showing any evidence of the desire to surrender.”

“If these individuals are not neutralized quickly, this will likely be practical.”

He told reporters that there are civilians in Mountain Canfield, who suffers from intersection with long -distance walking paths and cycling, so “it will be safe to assume” that others are still there.

The invitation about the brush fire came at about 13:22 local time (20:22 GMT) on Sunday. At 14:00, firefighters reported.

A law enforcement source told the American BBC CBS that the shooter believed to be a heavy brush and thick trees.

The technology helicopter that was seeking the heat was flying over the area in an attempt to determine the attacker, but it had difficulty causing smoke from the Hashim fire, which was still burning.

The hikers were discovered on the mountain – which is required of shelter in place – also by heat search devices, which led to uncertainty if they are a friend or enemy.

The head of the Firefighters Union confirmed that two of his members were killed in the attack.

Edward Kelly, head of the International Fire Fire Football Association (IAFF), posted on X: “While responding to a fire earlier today at Coeur D’Alne, Idaho, IFFs were exposed to an ambush in a heinous violence.

Two of our brothers were killed by a sniper, and a third brother remains in surgery.

“Please keep them and their families and enforce the law in your prayers.”

Local firefighting chief Bat Riley told the KHQ television station that he was “saddened” by the attack.

The Coutinai County Emergency Management Office sent an alert requesting people to avoid the area surrounding the Canfield Mountain Trailhead and Netttleton Gulch Road.

Linda Tiger, a 80 -year -old Linda Tiger, told the BBC that she was shocked by the shooting.

“This has never happened here,” said Ms. Tiger, who lived in the city for nearly 30 years. “But it indicates that no one is safe from this type of mental sadness.”

She said that she was inside that she was supposed to appreciate both Coeur D’Alne in place, but I see people wandering because they did not hear the news. “

The city is about 56,000 people near the border with Washington State.