fire escape
Example Sentences
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It was blamed in part on the building’s highly flammable cladding and lack of alarms, sprinklers and a fire escape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
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
"I turned up to a nightclub in Bristol and the event was for me to throw burgers at the students off a fire escape," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 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
She points at the locked cupboard above the fridge before squeezing out of the open window and disappearing down the fire escape.
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
