Indian national dies in fire incident in Manhattan residential building

A 27yearold Indian national who worked as a journalist here tragically lost his life in a devastating fire caused by a lithiumion battery in an apartment building in ManhattanFazil Khan was killed in the fire that broke out in a sixstory residential building at 2 St Nicholas Place in Harlem Manhattan that left about 17 other people injuredThe New York City Fire Department said that its marshals have determined that the devastating fire was caused by a lithiumion batteryKhan is a journalist with New Yorkbased media company The Hechinger Report which is focused on innovation and inequality in educationThe Consulate General of India in New York expressed condolences on Khans death and said it is extending all possible assistance to repatriate his mortal remains to his family in IndiaSaddened to learn about the death of 27year old Indian national Fazil Khan in an unfortunate fire incident in Harlem NY the Consulate said in a post on X SaturdayThe Consulate said it is in touch with Khans family and friendsWe continue to extend all possible assistance in repatriation of his mortal remains to India the Consulate saidKhan was a data reporter at The Hechinger Report and according to his profile on X he was an alumnus of Columbia Journalism SchoolThe Hechinger Report said in a post on X that it learned Saturday that Khan died in a fire in the New York City building where he livedWe are devastated by the loss of such a great colleague and wonderful person and our hearts go out to his family He will be dearly missed it saidFirefighters said the fire originated in the buildings 3rd floor At 214 pm Friday the FDNY responded to the 2alarm fire at 2 St Nicholas Place in Harlem Firefighters arrived within minutes to find people on the fire escape People were also seen hanging out the windows on the fifth floor the fire department said Victims were trapped on the 5th floor of the buildingThe fire department had said that there were a total of 18 patients out of which four were in critical conditionJoseph Pfeifer the Fire Departments first deputy commissioner had said Friday that one person was in critical condition at the scene but died at the hospital At the time the victims identity had not been releasedThe fire department said that fires caused by lithiumion batteries have increased dramatically in New York City with deadly consequencesThese rechargeable batteries are found in electric bikes and scooters cars laptops tablets phones and common household devices Lithiumion battery fires have caused deaths serious injuries and devastating damage to property around the city the department said on its websiteThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever