Green’s Dictionary of Slang

jeremiah n.

a fire.

1934		John o’ London’s Weekly 9 Jun. in DSUE (1984).
1935		Thieves Slang ms list from District Police Training Centre, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Warwicks 6: Jeremiah In the fire.
a.1945		L. Payne private coll. n.p.: Fire Jerimiah.
1969		S.T. Kendall Up the Frog 20: There was everythink in it – [...] ’n’ a ’lectric Dickory Dock on the mantelpiece over the Jeremiah.
1976		(ref. to 1940s) R. Barnes Coronation Cups and Jam Jars 162: Here, look at the Jeremiah. Gi’us that Lord Lovell, and I’ll put some more coke on.
2002		M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 14: The dicky-bird of God was like a ‘Jeremiah’ (cockney for ‘fire’ ... clever, hey?).