In the American state of Aidaho, as a result of shooting open at firefighters during fire extinguishing, two employees were killed, another was injured. The alleged criminal who ambushed was shot in place.
The fire began for an unidentified reason on Mount Canfield in a natural park near the city of Kur-D’Alain, located in the north of Aidaho. The flame spread to the territory of about 25 acres, including pedestrian and bicycle routes covered with forest.
Fire calculations were sent to the scene. In the course of extinguishing, the unknown opened fire on them. Assuming that firefighters were ambushed, local police joined the operation.
The governor Aidaho Brad Little called the dead “heroic firefighters”, and called on local residents to avoid the area of incident.
Later, the US Minister of Internal Security Christie Noem said that law enforcement agencies had been fired at the site of the incident. Employees of the FBI and Special Forces Swat were additionally sent to the district.
As the sheriff of the district of Kutenya Robert Norris stated, after the end of the operation in the mountainous terrain, the body of an armed man was discovered.
According to preliminary data, two firefighters were killed, one was injured. According to the ABC News television channel, a version of deliberate arson is considered in the framework of the investigation.