Ghost Ship Fire

1) The ghost ship warehouse was a place where artists and homeless people stayed. The artist used the building as a workshop and the hobos used it as a place to stay. It was also a performance hall were bands would play for entertainment, often for large crowds.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/12/us/oakland-warehouse-ghost-ship-fire.html?_r=0

2) A fire broke out while a band was preforming and trapped several people in the building. An electrical shortage caused the fire, they had several extension cords running throughout the building. The exits were blocked by art pieces and pianos, and the fire exits were very narrow because of the large amount of people living in the building.

http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2016/12/12/oakland-warehouse-fire-overloaded-electrical-system-seen-as-cause/

3) In both cases, they had many people within the building, with not enough exits to support everyone in the building. People were not warned until the fire had spread through the building in both situations. While in the triangle fire the exit, door was either locked or they could only use the elevator, but in the ghost ship fire they had makeshift fire exits and fire escapes. In both cases the escape were not adequate for people in the buildings, and the people had lack of warning about the fire in the building.

https://trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu/index.html