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

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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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