Triangle Factory Fire

By Gail
  • 3) 4:45 P.M.

    3) 4:45 P.M.

    At this exact time, someone on the 8th floor pulled the fire alarm.
  • 7) 5:00 P.M.

    7) 5:00 P.M.

    Workers that could not exit had to decide to either burn up in flames or jump 90 feet to the sidewalk/jump on to nets.
  • 2) 4:42 P.M.

    2) 4:42 P.M.

    Someone, most likely being a cutter, flicked a hot ash or tossed a cigarette butt into a scrap bin, which hadn't been emptied in 2 months.
  • 5) 4:50 P.M.

    5) 4:50 P.M.

    Workers scrambled to try and escape the flaming fire.
  • 10) 5:15 P.M.

    10) 5:15 P.M.

    Exactly 35 minutes after flames started below a cutting table, firefighters had controlled the fire, leaving 146 of the 500 employees dead and hundreds wounded.
  • 6) 4:55 P.M.

    6) 4:55 P.M.

    Girls fell on top of each other while trying to escape the 2-passenger stairway exit.
  • 9) 5:10 P.M.

    9) 5:10 P.M.

    Professor Frank Sommer lowers 2 ladders to help workers escape to a room that overlooked the Asch Building.
  • 4) 4:47 P.M.

    4) 4:47 P.M.

    In less than 2 minutes, the vehicles of Engine Company 72 arrived from a firehouse 6 blocks away.
  • 8) 5:05 P.M.

    8) 5:05 P.M.

    Policeman tagged the victims of the fire and counted the dead bodies.
  • 1) 4:40 P.M.

    1) 4:40 P.M.

    The cutters had finished their work and were ready to leave at 4:45 P.M.