How to Use fire extinguisher in a Sentence

fire extinguisher

noun
  • The agents tried to put out the boat fire with a fire extinguisher.
    Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2019
  • One of the thieves brought and discharged a fire extinguisher in the store.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
  • At the side of the bus, the crowd tried to hose them down using small fire extinguishers.
    Nathan Thrall, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Someone had sprayed a fire extinguisher in the room and set off the alarm.
    cleveland, 30 July 2020
  • Baik tried to use a fire extinguisher, but the fire was too strong.
    Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 June 2022
  • Flames spread from the hood all across the front of the car as clouds of smoke and fire extinguisher spray billowed.
    Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2024
  • Make sure all those in your household know how to use the fire extinguisher in your home.
    Houston Chronicle, 17 Oct. 2020
  • Where were the soldiers and medics and jeeps and water tanks and fire extinguishers?
    Nathan Thrall, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Set out a heavy pot lid that fits your pan, as well as your kitchen fire extinguisher.
    Melissa Clark, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The 13-year-old boy was able to get his four sisters out of the house as the fire spread, and then went back in to try to put out the flames with a fire extinguisher.
    Fox News, 14 Sep. 2021
  • There was a fire extinguisher in the ICU near the nursing station.
    Tabassum Barnagarwala, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The vessel was sprayed with red and black paint from fire extinguishers.
    Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
  • Someone with a fire extinguisher ran from the other side of the freeway to put out the flames that were starting to rise from the van.
    Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Is there a fire extinguisher for the kitchen area since grease fires and stovetop flare-ups are a common cause of fires?
    Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2022
  • He and another man rushed to the scene with a fire extinguisher.
    BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2021
  • The employees put the fire out with a fire extinguisher, Pechin said.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
  • In a statement, police said the man was sprayed with a fire extinguisher.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 1 Oct. 2019
  • The second video showed Swift grabbing a fire extinguisher to put out a small kitchen fire.
    Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 2024
  • Someone on the ground tried to knock down the flames with a fire extinguisher with little success.
    oregonlive, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Wooden pieces from the bridge, life vests and fire extinguishers.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 12 Apr. 2024
  • One person sprayed the man with a fire extinguisher and punched him, police said.
    Kiely Westhoff, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Rescue workers tried to put out the blaze with a small fire extinguisher.
    Fox News, 18 May 2021
  • One of the videos showed someone walking up about a minute later and using a fire extinguisher to put out the flames.
    oregonlive, 5 Jan. 2021
  • Moreno pressed his emergency button and a nurse came to douse the bed with a fire extinguisher.
    BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Ensure a fire extinguisher is available and those around you know how to use it.
    Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Someone walks up about a minute later and uses a fire extinguisher to put out the flames.
    Ashraf Khalil and Michael Balsamo, chicagotribune.com, 13 Dec. 2020
  • The only item missing from a truck there was a fire extinguisher.
    cleveland, 11 June 2021
  • Men bashed each other with fire extinguishers, stones and steel rods from bed frames.
    New York Times, 29 Jan. 2020
  • The osteopath said that Hannagan hit him with a fire extinguisher and threatened to throw him out of the plane over the Atlantic.
    oregonlive, 23 Sep. 2020
  • While the two wrote the song in Swift's Tribeca apartment, a small fire from a candle that had toppled over broke out and the Eras Tour star had to put it out with a fire extinguisher.
    Bryan West, USA TODAY, 23 June 2024

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