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Young Kwak / Reuters At 1:21 p.m. Sunday, firefighters were called to a brush fire on Canfield Mountain, near Coeur D’Alene in northwest Idaho.
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Liz Kreutz, NBC news, 30 June 2025
Idaho shooting The two firefighters who were fatally shot on Sunday while responding to a brush fire in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, have been identified.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 1 July 2025
The man suspected of fatally shooting two firefighters and wounding a third after luring them to a brush fire in northern Idaho on Sunday was identified by authorities as Wess Roley, 20.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025
Kootenai County Sheriff Robert Norris said that firefighters were responding to a 911 call about a brush fire on Canfield Mountain when a gunman opened fire on them.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
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Liz Kreutz, NBC news, 30 June 2025
Idaho shooting The two firefighters who were fatally shot on Sunday while responding to a brush fire in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, have been identified.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 1 July 2025
The man suspected of fatally shooting two firefighters and wounding a third after luring them to a brush fire in northern Idaho on Sunday was identified by authorities as Wess Roley, 20.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025
Kootenai County Sheriff Robert Norris said that firefighters were responding to a 911 call about a brush fire on Canfield Mountain when a gunman opened fire on them.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
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“Brush fire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brush%20fire. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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