About 30,000 people suffer electrical shock injuries every year, and approximately 1,000 die. The majority of injuries and deaths are from low-voltage sources (your home’s 120-volt wiring is ...

Horror video shows Nikolly Gabriela de Sousa, 7, suffering a nearly-fatal electric shock in Brazil while ... concerned by the proximity of the electrical wiring to the building, had requested ...

As strong winds swept through the area in the evening, the main power lines supplying electricity to the village collided, causing a fire to break out in the wires across the settlement.

If an electrical wire is damaged. This might expose the live wire meaning a person received an electrical shock if they touched it. Damp conditions. Water that is not pure can conduct electricity.