Triangle Factory Fire

3.The Fire started

Mar 25, 1911

The scrap bin started to catch on fire.

5.No water

Mar 25, 1911

A foreman found the hose, but no water came out.

6.Help on the way

Mar 25, 1911

Someone pulled the fire alarm on the eighth floor, in less than two minutes the horse drawn vehicles of Engine Company 72 arrived.

7.Ladder was too short

Mar 25, 1911

The Firefighters ladder was too short to reach the 9th floor.

8.firefighters went into the building

Mar 25, 1911

The Firefighters ran into the building stretching a hose upstairs , putting out the fire.

9.people jumping

Mar 25, 1911

People started jumping out of the windows in groups or by themselves.

10. Put out the fire

Mar 25, 1911

By 5:15, firefighters got the fire under control , and put it out.

1.Smoked Cigarettes

Mar 25, 1911

By 4:40 P.M., the cutters finished their work and some workers started to smoke cigarettes, even though they knew it was against the rules.

2.Threw Cigarette in scarps/trash

Mar 25, 1911

They didn't know exactly what happened, but most likely someone threw a cigarette in a scrap bin.

4.Cutters tried to stop the fire

Mar 25, 1911

The cutters tried to stop the fire by throwing buckets of water into the fire, but there wasn't enough buckets.