fire truck

Example Sentences

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Media reports said investigators were probing whether airport traffic controllers were distracted by a separate odor issue on a United Airlines flight -- the emergency to which the fire truck was responding.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

The two Air Canada pilots killed when a plane crashed into a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport have been identified as Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

US officials on Tuesday played down speculation that distracted air traffic controllers might have contributed to a deadly collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

County fire truck was positioned on the west side of Altadena, where nearly all of the deaths took place.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

The fire is so loud and hot and huge that I don’t hear the sirens, don’t notice a fire truck until it pulls up almost next to me.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz