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fire escape
noun
- an apparatus or structure used to escape from a burning building, as a metal stairway down an outside wall.
fire escape
noun
- a means of evacuating people from a building in the event of fire, esp a metal staircase outside the building
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Origin of fire escape1
Example Sentences
In “The Delta Star,†an immense, perennially angry officer known as The Bad Czech chases down a petty thief in downtown L.A. and futilely tries to hang him from a fire escape.
The interior minister said there were two fire escapes, but there are indications they were not of a good standard.
"The accused used the fire escape ladder to enter," he said.
Crews were placing ground ladders to fire escapes in order to help evacuate occupants from the building, according to a Los Angeles Fire Department news release.
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.
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