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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Díaz’s stepfather managed to get away via the outside fire escape.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
The Inwood fire blocked the main hallway and staircases, and forced residents to use the fire escapes.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026
Díaz's stepfather was able to get away through the outside fire escape.
—Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
As of Tuesday afternoon, debris had been cleared from the ground but a sizable pile of bricks remained on the third-story fire escape.
—Matthew Kelly
april 29, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
The Inwood fire blocked the main hallway and staircases, and forced residents to use the fire escapes.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026
Díaz's stepfather was able to get away through the outside fire escape.
—Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
As of Tuesday afternoon, debris had been cleared from the ground but a sizable pile of bricks remained on the third-story fire escape.
—Matthew Kelly
april 29, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for fire escape
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“Fire escape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20escape. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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