An Indian man perished in a tragic house fireplace in Harlem, New York, brought on by a lithium-ion battery. Residents of the St. Nicholas Place house constructing rushed out of home windows to flee the horrific fireplace, which wounded 17 individuals. The Indian Embassy in New York named the sufferer as 27-year-old Fazil Khan and said that they’re involved together with his family and friends.
Taking to X, the Embassy said: “Saddened to be taught in regards to the loss of life of 27-year-old Indian nationwide Mr Fazil Khan in an unlucky fireplace incident in an house constructing in Harlem, NY. India in New York is in contact with the late Mr Fazil Khan’s household and mates. We proceed to increase all potential help in reparation of his mortal stays to India.”
Saddened to study loss of life of 27 years outdated Indian nationwide Mr. Fazil Khan in an unlucky fireplace incident in an house constructing in Harlem, NY. @IndiainNewYork is in contact with late Mr. Fazil Khan’s household & mates.
We proceed to increase all potential help in…
— India in New York (@IndiainNewYork) February 25, 2024
Fazil Khan, a Columbia Journalism Faculty alumni, labored as an information journalist for The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit newsroom that covers instructional inequity and innovation. It’s based mostly at Academics Faculty, Columbia College.
Based on his LinkedIn web page, Khan began his profession as a copyeditor at Enterprise Customary in 2018 and labored as a correspondent at CNN-News18 in Delhi earlier than relocating to New York in 2020 to pursue his graduate diploma at Columbia College.
The Hechinger Report mourned their “nice colleague and a beautiful particular person” and said: “We realized Saturday that The Hechinger Report’s information reporter Fazil Khan died in a hearth within the New York Metropolis constructing the place he lived. We’re devastated by the lack of such an ideal colleague and great particular person, and our hearts exit to his household. He will probably be dearly missed.”
We realized Saturday that The Hechinger Report’s information reporter Fazil Khan died in a hearth within the New York Metropolis constructing the place he lived. We’re devastated by the lack of such an ideal colleague and great particular person, and our hearts exit to his household. He will probably be dearly missed.
— The Hechinger Report (@hechingerreport) February 24, 2024
Dozens of individuals had been displaced by the hearth, which resulted in astounding rope rescues from the house advanced. A number of individuals had been compelled to leap or make the most of the hearth escape to rescue themselves.