The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

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Originally Posted by wolf

There are plenty of sweatshops still operating in most major cities, and many of them have the same sorts of conditions that lead to the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, including the poor ventilation and locked exits.

Poor ventilation and panicked crowds that clog exits, absolutely. But exits locked from the inside? I was pretty sure that nowadays any commercial building has the kind that automatically lock from the outside, with the big pushbar to open from the inside. It's standard building code.