Triangle Fire V. Rana Plaza Disaster Unsafe conditions in the garment industry can lead to a catastrophe. In March 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory caught on fire, which lead to the loss of 145 innocent lives. A similar event happened 102 years later. In April 2013 at Dhaka, Bangladesh, Rana Plaza factory building collapsed killing 1100 workers. These two events have similar yet different safety aspects that contribute to the garment industry regulations. The most important similarity between the Triangle and Rana Plaza disasters is that they did not follow safety regulations. In the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, someone dropped a lighted cigarette which caused the fire. The only people that were alerted to evacuate were the factory