Usage examples of "pompier" in French with translation to English

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Le pompier ne pouvait éteindre les flammes. The fireman could not extinguish the flames.
Le pompier ne pouvait étouffer les flammes. The fireman could not extinguish the flames.
Le pompier a mis presque deux heures pour éteindre le feu. It took the fireman almost two hours to put out the fire.
Le pompier courageux a sauvé le garçon en le tirant de la maison en flammes. The brave fireman rescued a boy from the burning house.
Notre ville n'a pas de corps de pompiers. Our town does not have a corps of firemen.
Les pompiers éteignirent le feu en un clin d'œil. The firefighters put out the fire in the blink of an eye.
Les pompiers se précipitèrent à l'intérieur de la maison en feu. The firemen rushed into the burning house.
L'incendie était tel que les pompiers n'ont pas pu rentrer à l'intérieur de la maison. The fire was so intense that the firemen couldn't get into the house.
Mon rêve est d'être pompier. My dream is to be a fire fighter.
Son mari fume comme un pompier. Her husband smokes like a chimney.
Le pompier démontra comment on éteint le feu. The fire fighter demonstrated how to put out the fire.
Il fume comme un pompier et boit comme une outre. He smokes like a chimney and drinks like a fish.
La foule se rassembla bientôt autour du camion de pompier. A crowd soon gathered around the fire engine.
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