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• n  a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire

• After decades of neglect, the Bolshoi had deteriorated into a firetrap, and by the time the renovation started, more than 70% of the theater's foundation had been eroded by an .
• Then he acquired the Sequoia, switched to the Potomac in 1936 after the Navy condemned the Sequoia as a firetrap.
• The ship was a firetrap.

News & Articles

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• Veteran who survived 1967 Camp Lejeune copter crash dies in St. Paul blaze
  A St. Paul man who survived a harrowing collision of military helicopters decades ago that took the lives of 22 of his comrades was unable to escape a firetrap of his own making Tuesday.
  July 10, 2013 - Stars and Stripes

Quotes

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• Steve Chabot in Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  Unless one concludes that suddenly the Delta Queen has become a dangerous firetrap, which was not the case for the last 40 years, obviously, then, something else is at work here and I think its pretty clear what that is,says Mr. Chabot.