STORY: Heavy police presence filled the scene after two firefighters were killed when they were shot at while responding to a fire in northern Idaho, authorities said on Sunday (June 29), with law enforcement officers still taking sniper fire and hunting for the killer.

It was not immediately clear if there was one gunman or more, the Kootenai County Sheriff said, adding that civilians may have been struck in the incident unfolding in a nature area in Coeur d'Alene.

The attack is unfolding in the Canfield Mountain nature area that is popular with hikers near Coeur d'Alene, a city of 57,000 people located about 260 miles (420 km) east of Seattle in Washington state.

Firefighters received the first call of a fire around 1:21 p.m. local time, Sheriff Bob Norris said, and about 40 minutes later, reports emerged that they were being shot at.

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VIDEO SHOWS: PLUME OF SMOKE RISING / SECURITY FORCES IN THE VICINITY OF THE SHOOTING / AMBULANCES ARRIVING AT HOSPITAL

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SHOWS: KOOTENAI COUNTY, IDAHO, UNITED STATES (JUNE 29, 2025) (ABC AFFILIATE KXLY - No use USA. No archive)

1. VARIOUS OF PLUME OF SMOKE FROM ACTIVE BLAZE RISING

2. SECURITY FORCES IN THE VICINITY OF THE SHOOTING

3. POLICE, AMBULANCES AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES ARRIVING AT HOSPITAL