March 25, 1911

New York, New York

Bureau of Fire Prevention, New York City 1900s

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 By: Louis Daleandro Within fifteen minutes, a massive fire broke out in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City in 1911.  Dubbed a model of modern efficiency, the Triangle factory was large in scale as were the specially designed bins that held hundreds of pounds of scrap cotton and tissue paper.   The blaze that ensued ultimately took the lives...