The warehouse in Oakland where this fire occurred contained many artists living on low budget. The owner of the property was a Mrs. Chor Nar Siu Ng. The Oakland ghost ship fire was an incident in which 36 people died in a fire in a warehouse in Oakland California. The reason this fire became out of hand so quickly because of the layout of this artist warehouse, there was a blocked exit upstarts, "webs of extension cords", propane tanks all around heating water. This warehouse was overfilled and filled with highly flammable practically materials made of tender. The fire started because of a faulty electrical system during an electronic dance party and Ms. Ng's neglect to satisfy the artists requests for better living conditions. There were so many victims because of the poor conditions in the warehouse and due to the fact that there were many people at the warehouse during a party.
This Fire is similar to the triangle shirtwaist fire because of the common neglect for the conditions of the people working in the building. This neglect included similar amount of clutter in the workplace, and highly flammable materials around the whole building.
Another similarity between the two fires is the owners of the building refusing to make changes that needed to be addressed like health and safety regulations for the only reason that they are cheap.
Also because of the lack of documentation at the party at the ghost ship fire and the damage the fire caused, like the triangle fire, many of the bodies were unidentified for a long while.
Although the triangle factory had almost five times the death both were very tragic and highlighted the issues upon the issues important to the people involved in the accident
-Ghost ship- Artists thought the reason for this fire is partially because of the lack of artistic space like this and caused them to not construct the living space properly
-Triangle Shirtwaist fire-workers were fighting at the forefront of workers rights, and started the movement to unionize widely and create a set of rights for all workers.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/05/us/california-oakland-fire-ghost-ship-warehouse/
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/11/us/the-oakland-fire-what-we-know-about-the-warehouse-owner.html
