fire escape
noun
: a device for escape from a burning building
especially
: a metal stairway attached to the outside of a building
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Tapia then tried to escape down the fire escape of the same window, but fell onto a second-floor landing, where even more drugs fell out of his pocket, the feds allege.
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John Annese, New York Daily News, 26 Nov. 2024
In one particularly impressive moment, Li Fong fights off a bully in an alleyway by swinging off a fire escape ladder and flipping off the wall.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
Paterson, 70, and his stepson, 20, came across five unidentified suspects, who were possibly teenagers, climbing a fire escape on Second Avenue near East 96th Street shortly before 9 p.m., police sources told the New York Post.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2024
Nash tried to escape via a fire escape but retreated when police spotted him, Yorna said.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 30 July 2024
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John Annese, New York Daily News, 26 Nov. 2024
In one particularly impressive moment, Li Fong fights off a bully in an alleyway by swinging off a fire escape ladder and flipping off the wall.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
Paterson, 70, and his stepson, 20, came across five unidentified suspects, who were possibly teenagers, climbing a fire escape on Second Avenue near East 96th Street shortly before 9 p.m., police sources told the New York Post.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2024
Nash tried to escape via a fire escape but retreated when police spotted him, Yorna said.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 30 July 2024
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“Fire escape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20escape. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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