fire department
Example Sentences
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The emergency started Thursday, when the fire department responded to a vapor leak from a 34,000-gallon tank at a Garden Grove, Calif., plant belonging to GKN Aerospace, a British maker of jet parts.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
The fire department for Brownsville was dispatched to respond to the accident on Friday, said the city’s fire chief, Jarrett Sheldon.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
"If it had hit the sides of the building, it could have struck an occupied apartment," a fire department officer told the G1 news website.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
The fire department said it also attended the scene, where it treated and transported six patients, who were taken to hospital.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
“The fire department arrived, of course,” Mr. Poe said, “but they were too late. The entire house was engulfed in fire. It burned to the ground.”
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
