A man who violently ambushed a group of firefighters in northern Idaho Sunday as they responded to an intentionally set grass fire has been identified.

Two firefighters died and one was fighting for his life after a "total ambush" in Coeur d'Alene, authorities said.

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.