At least two people were killed Sunday in the American state of Idaho (northwest) in an ambush stretched at firefighters who were fighting against brush fire, the local sheriff announced.
“We now have two dead. We have an unknown number of victims. […] At the moment, we are suffering from high precision rifle, “journalists told the Sheriff of the County of Kootenai, Robert Norris, stressing that the information transferred was” preliminary “.
The authorities were contacted around 1:21 p.m. (local time) concerning a fire on a mountain. The fire security services answered the call and went to the stage.
Around 2 p.m., the firefighters deployed on the scene reported having received shots.
Mr. Norris also mentioned that civilians may still be on the scene.
“This is a situation that is still underway,” he added.
The first images obtained by CNN show auto-papers to go at high speed to the places of the incident.
A security perimeter has also been erected.
More details to come.
