Fire-Safety: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire: That describes the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, in which 146 Jewish and Italian immigrants, many under 18, roasted or plunged to their deaths after the owner of the Manhattan clothing factory ignored fire-safety warnings and locked workers inside. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Bangladeshis burn factories to protest unsafe conditions Inside the garment factory, hundreds of poor women sewed the clothes that filled our shops. The factorys owners had been warned that the place was hazardous; they ignored the warnings. When disaster struck, the death toll was horrendous. Cheap clothes have helped fuel social revolution in Bangladesh (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.