Two dead after shooting targeting firefighters in Idaho

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Two firefighters are dead and others injured after a shooting in a mountainous area of Idaho on Sunday afternoon local time.

Local police said at least one gunman with a high-powered rifle shot at firefighters who were responding to a brush fire in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. That fire was intentionally set by the gunman, who then ambushed the firefighters, according to Idaho’s Northern Lakes Fire District.

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