Several firefighters and police officers have been shot in what is being reported as an ambush, while responding to a fire in northern Idaho.

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Here’s more from KXLY:

UPDATE at 3:27 p.m. June 29 – Kootenai County Emergency Management issued an emergency shelter in place for people in the area of Canfield Mountain Trailhead and Nettleton Gulch Road on Sunday afternoon.

4 News Now is working to confirm what is being broadcast on the scanner, which is that fire crews responding to a wildfire were ambushed and shot.

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ORIGINAL – 3 P.M. June 29

Emergency personnel and law enforcement are responding to a major emergency in Coeur d’Alene Sunday afternoon.

We’re working to confirm what is being broadcast on the scanner, which is that fire crews responding to a wildfire were ambushed and shot.

While we don’t typically report scanner information, reporters in the area are seeing wildfire smoke in the area of E. Nettleton Gulch Road. We’re also seeing emergency crews blocking roads in the area. Emergency responders are staging at Kootenai Health and at least one medical helicopter has responded to the area.

4 News Now journalists have also seen law enforcement respond from the Spokane area, heading to the scene.

We’ll have more on this as soon as we get it.

 
UPDATE 1: The fire chief has confirmed this:

Firefighters were ambushed by a gunman while responding to a brush fire in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Kootenai County Sheriff’s Lt. Jeff Howard told ABC News.

 
UPDATE 2: CNN is reporting 2 dead and someone is still shooting at them:

Two people were fatally shot and others injured while responding to a brush fire in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and at least one active shooter continues to fire at law enforcement with high-powered rifles, according to Kootenai County Sheriff Robert Norris.

“We don’t know if there’s one, two three or four,” shooters, Norris said, with officers reporting bullets coming from multiple directions. “We will neutralize this threat.”

Kootenai County Emergency Management has told people in the area to shelter in place and asked others to avoid the area.

 
UPDATE 3: It appears the suspect is dead, according to the sheriff’s department: