I'm pretty sure not. The term "fire sale" refers to selling merchandise that survived a fire and therefore would have associated damage. However the policy of

I'm pretty sure not. The term "fire sale" refers to selling merchandise that survived a fire and therefore would have associated damage. However the policy of negotiating for property at bargain basement prices while there was a fire next door was very notably one of the ways that Marcus Licinius Crassus (a political ally of Julius Caesar) enriched his fortune.