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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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.
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 25 July 2025
Roan also bent her back over the railings of the fire escape in a dramatic moment.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 8 July 2025
For any inspired to tease pets of their own, most of these will run you less than $25, and fit on a fire escape.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025
Kertész photographed readers in parks, libraries, classrooms, seen through a window, waiting to go on stage, on fire escapes, a balcony, a train, all with heads bowed, faces rapt with concentration.
—Donna Seaman
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 25 July 2025
Roan also bent her back over the railings of the fire escape in a dramatic moment.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 8 July 2025
For any inspired to tease pets of their own, most of these will run you less than $25, and fit on a fire escape.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025
Kertész photographed readers in parks, libraries, classrooms, seen through a window, waiting to go on stage, on fire escapes, a balcony, a train, all with heads bowed, faces rapt with concentration.
—Donna Seaman
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
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“Fire escape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20escape. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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