An Indian citizen died in a fire in a residential building in Manhattan, America.
This 27 year old young man worked as a journalist in New York. A fire broke out in a 6-story residential building at St. Nicholas Palace in Harlem, Manhattan.
The deceased has been identified as Fazil Khan. 17 other people were injured in this incident. Information regarding the incident was given by the New York City Fire Department. It said the devastating fire was caused by a lithium-ion battery.
The Consulate General of India in New York expressed condolences on Khan’s death. The embassy said it was providing all possible assistance to send Khan’s body back to his family in India.
“Saddened to learn about the death of 27-year-old Indian national Fazil Khan in a fire incident in Harlem, New York,” the Consulate General said in a post on Saturday. The embassy said that Fazil Khan’s family and friends have been contacted. The Consulate General said, ‘We will provide all possible assistance in bringing his mortal remains back to India.’
Fazil Khan also worked as a journalist in India.
Fazil Khan was a journalist for the media company ‘The Hechinger Report’. Based in New York, this company focuses on inequality and innovation in education.
Khan was working as a data reporter at his place. His job was to collect and analyze education data.
He used to cooperate with other journalists in exposing inequality and innovation in education. Fazil received his graduation degree in Data Journalism from Columbia Journalism School in 2021.
He was selected as a post-graduate fellow for the school’s Global Migration Project. It is known that before going to US, he had worked with many media organizations in India also.