Two firefighters were killed and a third wounded Sunday when they were shot as they responded to a wildfire on an Idaho mountain that say was set to lure them into an ambush, authorities said.A tactical response team used cell phone data to zero in on a wooded area where they found the body of what's believed to be the lone suspect with a firearm nearby as flames were rapidly approaching,

Multiple "heroic" firefighters were attacked while responding to a fire in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, on Sunday. Authorities said they were "actively taking sniper fire."

Two firefighters were killed in a shooting while they responded to a wildfire in the Idaho town of Coeur d’Alene. The pair were among a crew called out to tackle a fire on Canfield Mountain in the north-west of the US state yesterday afternoon.