Local officials said that, in all likelihood, they set fire to the forest on purpose. When firefighters arrived in place, a sniper opened fire on them, the newspaper writes.
Another fireman was injured. There is no exact information about his condition, but the victim was taken to the surgical department of the local hospital.
Special forces were sent to the place of shooting, he found a man with firearms on the mountain, it was he who is suspected of shooting. Law enforcement officers find out who he is.
At some point, the assumption appeared that there could be several shooters, but later they refused this option.
The place where the shooting occurred is a popular area for tourists, including bicycles and motorcycles. The tourists who were there during the shooting heard three shots, writes The New York Times.
Representatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigations arrived in the shooting area, journalists write.
At the time of the release of the forest, the fire was still extinguished. Fire shooting complicated the fight against fire.
Locals note that over the past two decades of natural forest fires have not been there.
