The fire was North Carolina 's worst non-mining industrial disaster and second worst industrial disaster overall . The death toll was particularly high for a United States industrial disaster in the late 20th century , despite being a lower death toll than several other disasters in the past , such as the 1947 Texas City disaster , the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire , and the 1860 Pemberton Mill collapse
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
Hamlet chicken processing plant fire