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3) 4:45 P.M.
At this exact time, someone on the 8th floor pulled the fire alarm. -
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.
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.
Workers scrambled to try and escape the flaming fire. -
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.
Girls fell on top of each other while trying to escape the 2-passenger stairway exit. -
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.
In less than 2 minutes, the vehicles of Engine Company 72 arrived from a firehouse 6 blocks away. -
8) 5:05 P.M.
Policeman tagged the victims of the fire and counted the dead bodies. -
1) 4:40 P.M.
The cutters had finished their work and were ready to leave at 4:45 P.M.
