The fire caused Causation the deaths of 146 garment workers – 123 women and girls and 23 men – who died Death from the fire , smoke Ingestion inhalation , or falling Motion_directional or jumping Self_motion to their deaths .

An engine failure Causation had generated Creating a fire Catastrophe and the captain ordered Request evacuation. < ref name= '' AAIB_8/88 '' > < /ref > There were 82 survivors ; most of the deaths Death were due Causation to smoke inhalation .

All the passengers survived the initial impact Influence , but a woman and two children died Death from smoke inhalation before they were able to escape Escaping .