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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There were people perched on fire escapes, others watching from the ledge of wide open windows.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
New plumbing and electrical systems were installed throughout, as were elevators, fire escapes and other features needed to adhere to government building regulations.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Rapp, 25, sings on a set decorated like a small apartment before leaning backwards out of a brick window and gracefully climbing to the fire escape — while still carrying a tune and wearing heels.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Responding officers had trouble getting through the front door and had to use a fire escape behind the building to access the bloody home, shocked neighbors told the Daily News.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 25 July 2025
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
New plumbing and electrical systems were installed throughout, as were elevators, fire escapes and other features needed to adhere to government building regulations.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Rapp, 25, sings on a set decorated like a small apartment before leaning backwards out of a brick window and gracefully climbing to the fire escape — while still carrying a tune and wearing heels.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Responding officers had trouble getting through the front door and had to use a fire escape behind the building to access the bloody home, shocked neighbors told the Daily News.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 25 July 2025
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“Fire escape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20escape. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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