fire engine
noun
: a usually mobile apparatus for directing an extinguishing agent upon fires
especially
: fire truck
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More than 200 people, fire engines and boats were involved in the massive emergency response effort underway on Monday morning.
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Chris Lau, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2025
San Diego police arrested a person suspected of stealing a fire engine in south San Diego and driving it up Interstate 5 to Fallbrook Saturday evening, officials said.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Rinderknecht then allegedly fled in his car, passing fire engines driving in the opposite direction.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Rinderknecht then allegedly fled in his car, passing fire engines driving in the opposite direction.
—Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
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Chris Lau, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2025
San Diego police arrested a person suspected of stealing a fire engine in south San Diego and driving it up Interstate 5 to Fallbrook Saturday evening, officials said.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Rinderknecht then allegedly fled in his car, passing fire engines driving in the opposite direction.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Rinderknecht then allegedly fled in his car, passing fire engines driving in the opposite direction.
—Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Fire engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20engine. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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