fire escape
noun
: a device for escape from a burning building
especially
: a metal stairway attached to the outside of a building
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My friend Thai, whose parents were part of the Weather Underground leadership, remembers his father, Jeff Jones, coming home one day to find their family’s Hoboken apartment surrounded by cops—a fire inspector had spotted his tiny crop of marijuana plants on the fire escape.
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Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
Perfect for incenses, candles, burning cursed love notes, or enjoying a cigarette on the fire escape.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 26 Mar. 2026
Workers fled onto the fire escape, which quickly collapsed.
—Christina Ray Stanton, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
So Vicky goes to techno with Kevin and Angela, splits a spliff on the fire escape with Jen, buys a zhizha of a mansion and a luxury car and a set of fancy silverware, ideates urn campaigns, replies to emails, writes presentation decks.
—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
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Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
Perfect for incenses, candles, burning cursed love notes, or enjoying a cigarette on the fire escape.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 26 Mar. 2026
Workers fled onto the fire escape, which quickly collapsed.
—Christina Ray Stanton, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
So Vicky goes to techno with Kevin and Angela, splits a spliff on the fire escape with Jen, buys a zhizha of a mansion and a luxury car and a set of fancy silverware, ideates urn campaigns, replies to emails, writes presentation decks.
—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Fire escape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20escape. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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