fire escape
Example Sentences
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Bryant entered the building containing the recording studio and opened a locked fire escape exit door to allow others to slip in without being seen by Mizell.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
Ms Galt, from Folkestone in Kent, said she had feared she was going to die inside the property as it lacked fire alarms and fire doors, while her bedroom did not have a fire escape.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2024
When one supportive community member played chants from a speaker in his apartment window, an officer scaled the building’s fire escape to tell him to stop, video of the incident shows.
From Seattle Times • May 22, 2024
We pass a building adorned with a zigzag of metal fire escape steps where Tom Cruise was chased in Steven Spielberg's Minority Report.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2024
The bottom of the fire escape stopped at least a couple of feet above the front entry arch.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
