Kader Industrial Fire

In Hong Kong, a company named Kader Industrial, was said to be the "worst fire in industrial history." On May 10, 1993, a sweatshop in Bangkok, Thailand collapsed within 20 minutes of being set. Viroj Yusak, a factory worker carelessly dropped a cigarette butt in a textile storeroom. With the doors locked no alarms or no sprinklers went off. With fake fire escapes, the factory was a death trap. The lack of fire escapes lead to many workers leaping out of fourth floor windows. People did this so that families can identify their bodies. 188 workers were killed in the sweatshop, and almost 500 suffered injuries. Only 14 males died in this tragedy because most workers were woman aged from 17 to 25. Some workers were as young as 14 years old. Many of these female workers did not receive money for maternity leave and some were forced to work 20 hours a day and sleep under their machines. Not only did the building's fire cause the death of the factory workers but the collapse of the building killed many other people as well.


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