Man electrocuted to death while trying to restart his electricity meter

A man died in Isère on Tuesday, August 13, after being electrocuted in Pressins, near Pont-de-Beauvoisin, franceinfo and France Bleu Isère learned from the firefighters, confirming information from Dauphiné Libéré.

Around 10:30 p.m., the 78-year-old man’s electricity meter tripped in his house. To reset it, the man then went to his basement, which was flooded with 10 cm of water. The mayor of the town, Jean-Louis Reynaud, explained to France Bleu Isère that the septuagenarian had apparently persisted in trying to restart the electrical installation, before being electrocuted. “feet in the water”. The Isère department was placed on orange alert for thunderstorms on Tuesday evening, before being downgraded to yellow alert during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday.