They occur when all three elements of the so-called "fire triangle" are present, including an ignition source (such as a laser or electrosurgical tool), a fuel source (surgical drapes, alcohol ...

My grandmother Rose Freedman (nee Rose Rosenfeld), who died in 2001 at age 107, was the last survivor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. The March 25, 1911, inferno claimed the lives of 146 ...

Almost a century after that infamous Triangle shirtwaist factory fire, in an eerily similar role, Ott would experience the tragedy of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

In 1911, a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist clothing factory caused 146 deaths, mostly immigrant girls and women. The New York City disaster eventually galvanized the U.S. labor movement to protect ...