fire engine
noun
: a usually mobile apparatus for directing an extinguishing agent upon fires
especially
: fire truck
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Many fire engines are mothballed in city boneyards, and the department has lost nearly 50 more firefighters since the Palisades fire.
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Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
The ladder truck would replace the town’s current fire engine, which is 26 years old.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
While crews were inside the jail booking lobby treating a patient, Johnson allegedly entered the fire engine and drove roughly 1 mile before being spotted by Boulder County Sheriff’s Office deputies, along with Boulder police.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Investigators said that likely because the tires were deflating, Johnson lost control of the fire engine at 1st Street and Main Street in downtown Longmont.
—Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
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Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
The ladder truck would replace the town’s current fire engine, which is 26 years old.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
While crews were inside the jail booking lobby treating a patient, Johnson allegedly entered the fire engine and drove roughly 1 mile before being spotted by Boulder County Sheriff’s Office deputies, along with Boulder police.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Investigators said that likely because the tires were deflating, Johnson lost control of the fire engine at 1st Street and Main Street in downtown Longmont.
—Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Fire engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20engine. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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