fire engine
noun
: a usually mobile apparatus for directing an extinguishing agent upon fires
especially
: fire truck
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The efforts to protect McKinley Grove are ongoing, with smokejumpers, hand crews, and fire engines working to mitigate the threat to the Giant Sequoias.
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The structure housed fire engines as well as showers, changing rooms, and a kitchenette for fire fighters.
—Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
Two fire engines, a brush rig and a battalion chief had to access the small fire in a hard-to-reach location by driving down cart paths and crossing fairways.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
Fifteen fire engines and about 100 firefighters were called to a blaze at the BBC’s former Television Centre headquarters in West London’s White City overnight on Saturday.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The structure housed fire engines as well as showers, changing rooms, and a kitchenette for fire fighters.
—Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
Two fire engines, a brush rig and a battalion chief had to access the small fire in a hard-to-reach location by driving down cart paths and crossing fairways.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
Fifteen fire engines and about 100 firefighters were called to a blaze at the BBC’s former Television Centre headquarters in West London’s White City overnight on Saturday.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Fire engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20engine. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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