Python searching in grid like array

Question

I have a grid, defined like this:

[\'..##.......\', 
 \'#...#...#..\', 
 \'.#..#.#..#.\', 
 \'..#.#...#.#\', 
 \'.#...##..#.\', 
 \'..#.##.....\', 
 \'.#.#.#.