fire engine
noun
: a usually mobile apparatus for directing an extinguishing agent upon fires
especially
: fire truck
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About an hour later, while crews with DFR were still on the scene, the fire engine was hit by another vehicle.
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S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2026
The 14-year-old found a handgun, sheriff’s officials said, and opened fire, wounding one person and striking a Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District fire engine.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Those units included several fire engines and ladder trucks, but an exact count was not immediately available.
—Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 22 Jan. 2026
During this time, another fire truck’s tires got caught on a hose and became entangled, unbeknownst to the driver, which then pinned Moreau along the cab of the fire engine.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
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S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2026
The 14-year-old found a handgun, sheriff’s officials said, and opened fire, wounding one person and striking a Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District fire engine.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Those units included several fire engines and ladder trucks, but an exact count was not immediately available.
—Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 22 Jan. 2026
During this time, another fire truck’s tires got caught on a hose and became entangled, unbeknownst to the driver, which then pinned Moreau along the cab of the fire engine.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
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“Fire engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20engine. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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