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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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A man who Edison said was attempting to steal equipment had climbed the pole and been electrocuted, according to commission documents.

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A man fleeing from police was electrocuted and then hit by a London Underground train which was searching for him, his inquest has heard.

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