fire trap
Disaster waiting inside
A fire trap is a building that would be dangerous in a fire—one with inadequate exits, flammable construction, or poor safety features.
The term usually describes older structures that predate modern building codes: That old warehouse is a fire trap waiting to happen.
By extension, any cramped or cluttered space may be called a fire trap.
- hazardSource of potential harm
- deathtrapLethally unsafe location
- death wishUrge toward self-destruction
- tinderboxFire-starting kit holder
- condemnedOfficially declared unfit
up in flames · dilapidated · slum · tenement · rickety · flammable · escape · exit · alarm · smoke · smoke detector · inspector · violation · building code · code · unsafe · crumbling · overcrowded
- Dangerous Buildingscondemned building, collapsed building, firetrap, dilapidated house, abandoned factory
- slumsslum, slums, shanty, shanties, shack
- trapsmousetrap, deadfall, cage, noose, snare
building safety
fire trapsafe haven
Protected place of shelter
safe house · fire station · fortress · bunker · shelter
fire, trap, fires, fired, firing, fiery, fireman, fireplace, firework