firetrap

IPA: fˈaɪɝtræp

(informal) A building that is dangerously flammable and/or has limited emergency exits in which people would be trapped in the event of a fire.

Examples of "firetrap" in Sentences

We carried no insurance, and so many would say we had a "firetrap" there.
Just like the gossip that spread from locker to locker, a farm of cubicles is the perfect "firetrap" for rumors.
So, at 6 a.m. I begin tearing down all my stuff which takes about an hour now thanks to the firetrap which is my lighting system.
He had warned the Giants, warned the National League, and warned the city that the Polo Grounds were a firetrap, a tragedy waiting to happen.
Everyone in my town would tell you that I grew up in a rat-hole firetrap and that my chosen profession was all about bringing color and clarity and order into a life of chaos.
The move comes after a recent walk-through by federal building inspectors, who told administration officials that the cramped press quarters were a "firetrap" and generally unsafe.
Taxing property owners for a fire department, for example, hurts the offbeat guy who would rather live in a fireproof cave and benefits the guy whose house is a firetrap since he fills it with old newspapers.
Apparently that was the plan back in the 1950s, when the Beavers were planning their relocation out of their old stadium on NW Vaughn Street -- an all-wood, turn-of-the-century firetrap, according to our buddy.
One prognosticator, Ann Mack, a journalist turned director of trend-spotting for JWT, a global marketing communicator, says her New York City apartment is a "firetrap" with all the periodicals she stuffs in every available inch of real estate.