On August 12th, 1967, a fire at the Hydra-Matic plant in Livonia, Michigan, completely destroyed the facility, cost some $80 million in damages, caused the injury or deaths of a score of workers.
The fire resulted in the loss of automobile production from five different manufacturers variously estimated at from 100,000 to 300,000 units.
Fire Facts
March 25, 1911 at approximately 4:45 PM a fire broke out on the 8th floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Factory in New York. One hundred and forty six of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company employees were killed by this fire. Later investigation determined that many of these deaths should have been avoided, this fire is credited with bringing about major improvements to both fire safety regulations and workers rights.
