![]() Students at the school often see the shapes of these women, leaping from upper floors to escape the phantom flames. The trapped female garment workers continue to replay the disaster of that horrible day. Over the years, there have been numerous reports of ghostly sightings. With victims totaling up to one hundred and forty-six, the fire left behind a very haunted structure. This history-making inferno, known as the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, took place on March 25, 1911. took place in New York City, at a building now known to New York University students as the Brown Building. The most famous one which happened in the U.S. Indeed, whether from faulty wiring or negligence, fires occur often at sweatshops, both abroad and in the states. Its casualties totaled to “ more than 100” 2. Then there was the one which broke out in a Tazreen Fashions factory in Bangladesh back in 2012. Just this last May, a terrible fire 1 killed over seventy people at a Kentex factory in the Philippines. Besides being paid well below the minimum wage, these laborers must endure unreasonable hours, callous managers, and very dangerous working conditions. The fashion industry has long been criticized for its use and mistreatment of garment workers. ![]() Ghosts and phantom flames – remnants of terrible fire at NYU building.Ī crowd gathers to remember the horrible Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. ![]() Brown Building / Triangle Shirtwaist Factory ![]()
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