Authorities: Man electrocuted while hanging holiday lights
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Fire officials say a man has been hospitalized after he was electrocuted while hanging holiday lights on a tree in New Hampshire.
Firefighters responded to the Merrimack home on Tuesday afternoon for a report of an explosion in the area. They found the man suffering from burns as a result of an electric shock.
Authorities say he had been using a metal pole to put up decorations when it struck the primary power line, which carries about 20,000 volts of electricity. The man was thrown to the ground.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}He was taken to a local hospital and then transferred to a Boston hospital for further treatment.