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Ambush

Ambush

A 20-year-old man set a brush fire on Canfield Mountain as a trap. When firefighters arrived, he ambushed them—killing two battalion chiefs and critically wounding a third.

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Streamlly Original

Firefighters killed responding to ambush.

Reported by Alecia Venkataraman, Samuel Means

  • Published: Jul 1, 2025, 2:46 PM EDT
  • Updated: Dec 8, 2025, 2:53 PM EST
  • Duration: 30 sec
  • Views: 1K

A 20-year-old man set a brush fire on Canfield Mountain as a trap. When firefighters arrived, he ambushed them—killing two battalion chiefs and critically wounding a third.

Credits

  • Alecia VenkataramanCreative Director / Producer & Writer/staff/aleciavenk
  • Samuel MeansVideo Editor/staff/samuel-means
  • Henry ChandlerStudio Character / Actor/staff/henry-chandler
  • Wesley ReedStudio Character / Actor/staff/wesley-reed
  • Rachel CapuanoPublisher / Studio Character /staff/rachel-capuano

Transcript

We never saw it coming.

Schedfield brush fire, light to moderate spread.

Battalion one, proceed with caution.

Copy that.

Battalion one on scene.

He forced his head.

We need help, now!

Shots fired!

We laughed that morning here in this room.

That afternoon, I watched him bleed out in the dirt.

Be advised, we have confirmation Battalion Chiefs John Morrison and Fred Hartwood are deceased on the scene.

Engineer Dave Disdall has been medevacked.

Critical but breathing.

Suspect is confirmed deceased, self-inflicted gunshot.

Shotgun recovered near the body.

He set the fire just to kill us.