Fire hazard

A fire hazard is any situation in which there is a greater than normal risk of harm to people or property due to fire. Fire hazards can take the form of ways that fires can easily start, such as a blocked cooling vent, or overloaded electrical system, ways fires can spread rapidly, such as an insufficiently protected fuel store or areas with high oxygen concentrations. Fire hazards include things which, in the event of fire, pose a hazard to people, such as materials that produce toxic fumes when heated or objects that block fire exits.