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[–] wabafee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I guess by not turning it off they risked people being electrocuted and possibly result to a brownout within the area, seeing how eventually resulted to bystanders attempting to rescue the cat and a bad PR.

Personally I think it's just a lapse in risk analysis on the electric company.