Multiple firefighters have been shot while responding to a brush fire in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, according to Northern Lakes Fire Protection Chief Pat Riley. Kootenai County Emergency Management has told people in the area to shelter in place and asked others to avoid the area.

An alert by the Kootenai County Emergency Management Office asked people to avoid the area around Canfield Mountain Trailhead and Nettleton Gulch Road.

Two firefighters are dead after they were apparently ambushed while fighting a brush fire near Coeur d'Alene Sunday afternoon.