fire engine
noun
: a usually mobile apparatus for directing an extinguishing agent upon fires
especially
: fire truck
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Rinderknecht then allegedly fled in his car, passing fire engines driving in the opposite direction.
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Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Only one fire engine had been able to reach the crash at that point, Sylvia said, and the fire captain at the scene asked civilian bystanders to help lift part of the helicopter to free the victim.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
Similar Lambo in ‘Miami Vice’ The first car MCQ marketed to investors was a white 1986 Lamborghini Countach with fire engine red interior and scissor doors that open up instead of out, allowing for a more dramatic entrance.
—Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
The cameras don’t dispatch fire engines, helicopters or airplanes on their own.
—Paul Rogers, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
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Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Only one fire engine had been able to reach the crash at that point, Sylvia said, and the fire captain at the scene asked civilian bystanders to help lift part of the helicopter to free the victim.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
Similar Lambo in ‘Miami Vice’ The first car MCQ marketed to investors was a white 1986 Lamborghini Countach with fire engine red interior and scissor doors that open up instead of out, allowing for a more dramatic entrance.
—Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
The cameras don’t dispatch fire engines, helicopters or airplanes on their own.
—Paul Rogers, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Fire engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20engine. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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