It was 1911 when the fire started at the Triangle Shurtwaist Factory in New York City. Someone was very careless and dropped a cigarette, that is how the fire started. The fire took place in the 8th and 9th floor. The total of death of people was 145. It is believed that 50 of these 145 people were burned to death and the rest died by jumping off the building. The latter of the freighters did not reach to the 9th or 8th floor, it only reached to the 6th floor. So many lives were taken away because of the lack of safety rules. This tragic incident led to lots of changes in safety standards that ensure the safety of workers today. The horror brought lots of attention to the dangerous safety conditions of the factories. It led to the development
