Factory in deadly Bangladesh fire was considered “high risk”
Wal-Mart, IKEA among companies that bought its goods
A blaze that killed at least 112 workers in Bangladesh Saturday occurred in a garment factory that was known to be unsafe by at least one of the U.S. companies that sourced goods from it.
The tragedy carries eerie echoes to both a Pakistani factory fire two months ago and the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in New York in 1911. Exits were locked from the outside. Some of the victims died after jumping from the building to escape the fire. Many of those who were trapped inside the building were burned beyond recognition.