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Fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory**

Yesterday, Saturday afternoon on March 25,1911, almost at quitting time, a fire broke out killing 146 employees at the triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Factories today have been considered unsafe places to work and also unhealthy. People these days are required to work quickly, longer and for a little payment, and even children work for 12 hours per day. The workers at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory were packing up to go home when a fire started. The third to last floor was where everything started.

Fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was a terrible disaster. In this even 146 employees died out of 500 workers. Within minutes the tenth floor was in flames. Hand an hour later, most of the victims were suffocated or burned to death with in the building. People were jumping form the above the tenth flood to the outside through the window. One man was taken out of the building alive.

The building had only one fire escape. According to the investigators, the exit doors had been locked, which led the workers to be trapped inside. The Owner's explanation was that the doors needed to be locked to prevent employee's theft. The owner ignored the safety standards to save money.