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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Meanwhile, Nash tried to flee the apartment through the fire escape but went back inside after spotting an officer on the roof above him, the release states.
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Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
Marcelino Allende screamed from his fire escape on Daniel Low Terrace in New Brighton during the March 25 confrontation with police, the video shows.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 June 2024
After all, up to this point, Tom has lied, but not gravely or excessively — his traceable wrongdoings, which accumulated to a series of checks made out to George McAlpin, were all burned in a trash can back on his fire escape in Manhattan.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
In response, cities started installing fire hydrants and fire stations, building houses with fire escapes, and mandating that homes and offices feature fire alarms.
—Kathy Baughman McLeod, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
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Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
Marcelino Allende screamed from his fire escape on Daniel Low Terrace in New Brighton during the March 25 confrontation with police, the video shows.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 June 2024
After all, up to this point, Tom has lied, but not gravely or excessively — his traceable wrongdoings, which accumulated to a series of checks made out to George McAlpin, were all burned in a trash can back on his fire escape in Manhattan.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
In response, cities started installing fire hydrants and fire stations, building houses with fire escapes, and mandating that homes and offices feature fire alarms.
—Kathy Baughman McLeod, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
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“Fire escape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20escape. Accessed 28 Jun. 2024.
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