Firefighters were ambushed by a gunman while responding to a brush fire in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, on Sunday, according to the local sheriff's office.

The two slain firefighters, who have not been identified, died on the way to the Kootenai Health campus in Coeur d’Alene, a hospital spokesperson said. One was from the Coeur D’Alene Fire Department, and the other was from Kootenai County Fire and Rescue, authorities said.

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