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iVinArrow [24]
3 years ago
7

Why weee some 500 workers unable to escape the triangle shirtwaist company factory when the fire broke out in 1911?

History
1 answer:
omeli [17]3 years ago
8 0

Locked doors + fire ladders on reach to floor 7 (fire was on floor 8) + rusted and blocked fire escape + cramped workplace + very flammable and on fire workplace (wicker baskets of cloth)

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