fire escape
Example Sentences
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Officials also said rescue efforts were slowed by limited access to the building, which has a single staircase and no fire escape.
From BBC • May 27, 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
Specifically, they allege that it lacked a fire escape, smoke detectors and other fire safety features.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2024
She’d heard Anat say that before, from the fire escape.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
