trashfire noun2 •Fire resulting from trash burning.Children have been burned by sparks from trashfires, open flames of stoves, unscreened fireplaces, contact with pilot lights of space heaters, or by sticking ' metal objects in wall sockets. — 1967 •(figurative) A dumpster fire; a disaster.Putting out the Twitter trashfire / Tonight I’m drinking and talking about ways Twitter could be less of a shitheap. — 2016 formstrashfires