Whenever Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) mentions the Fire, He (سبحانه وتعالى) always mentions a fire exit–usually immediately afterwards. There’s always a chance to escape. But once you die, there’s no fire exit.
For example, in Surah Baqarah, Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) says:
Translation: But if you cannot–and you can never do it–then fear the Fire whose fuel is men and the stones, prepared for the Unbelievers. And give glad tidings to those who believe and do good deeds, that for them are Gardens, beneath which rivers flow! [Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:24-25]
Here, we see an explicit reference to the Fire (of Hell), followed by the most common fire exit–belief and good deeds.
You see these all over the Qur’an–so look for them and remember inshallah that there is always a way out.
May Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) make a way out for us from which to enter into His endless mercy, ameen!
Muhammad Alshareef. Lecture. AlMaghrib. Breach of Covenant. University of Toronto, Toronto. May 2005.