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Pilcher was working last June when one of these recent recruits was electrocuted while working on high-voltage overhead lights, from a scissor lift, without gloves or other required safety equipment.

Behind her, dancers gyrate like victims being electrocuted.

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"If I'd still been on the street, I wouldn't have been able to reach higher ground. There were lots of objects floating in the water. I could have been hit or even electrocuted."

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Myers said he worries the high-voltage lines could spark wildfires or electrocute people operating farm machinery nearby.

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They include footage of cats being drowned and electrocuted.

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