Two firefighters were killed by gunfire, and one was wounded, while responding to a brush fire in Coeur d’Alene, a lakeside town in the northwestern US state of Idaho.

Two firefighters were killed and residents were ordered to shelter in place, but the order was lifted after police found a dead man in the woods.

Authorities say two firefighters were killed and another was badly injured after they were ambushed and shot while responding to a wildfire near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on Sunday afternoon