Locked Door, Burning Stair: 146 Voices Trapped at Triangle

Emergencies and World Disasters · Jul 24, 2026 · 21m

Locked Door, Burning Stair: 146 Voices Trapped at Triangle

Fear and outrage: 146 people were trapped behind a locked door while flames licked the stairwell below - why was the key kept from them as smoke forced hundreds toward a single exit? What exactly happened in those fatal minutes that turned a routine Saturday into a catastrophe?

In this episode, we tell who worked in the Triangle Waist Company, how the fire began and spread, and the sequence of decisions and practices that left the ninth floor without an exit - could the outcome have been different if one door had not been locked?…