"The nice thing about optimizing for voice search, at least in its earliest iterations, is that most of the queries the engines will be responding to will be conversational in nature.
Brian McGrath, a spokesman with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said multiple fire engines, air tankers and helicopters are responding to the fire, which has sent thick plumes of white smoke into the area.
The Monterey Park fire engine and the Alhambra ladder truck were responding to the same emergency call, a house fire in a one-story home on the south end of the city.
He was responding to a building fire when his truck slammed into a truck from Engine Company 60 at Jackson Avenue and 144th Street, fire officials said.
Though the engine is reasonably efficient, it's lazy in responding to the accelerator and sounds a raspy protest when pushed.
At the same time, a fire engine is racing across 34th Street approaching the avenue, responding to a major blaze.
"The engine is screaming.
