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# Report: Two Men Electrocuted By 24,000 Volts At East Side Detroit Substation
- URL: https://www.dailydetroit.com/report-two-men-electrocuted-24000-volts-east-side-detroit-substation/
- Published: 2017-12-29T12:34:28.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-27T19:50:07.000Z
- Author: Jer Staes
- Tags: #wordpress, #Import 2024-02-25 18:12, #daily-detroit-staff

Scrapping is a long-standing problem in the city of Detroit. Whether it’s houses stripped of their plumbing or wires pulled from light poles. **[Hundreds of power and telephone lines are stolen by scrappers each year in the city.](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/16/us/crackdown-in-a-detroit-stripped-of-metal-parts.html?%5Fr=0&ref=dailydetroit.com)**

**[The latest, according to the Detroit News, is that a pair of men were electrocuted at a Detroit Public Lighting Authority substation Friday morning.](http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2017/12/29/bodies-found-detroit-utility-substation/108994748/?ref=dailydetroit.com)**

The two are preliminarily believed by Detroit Police to have been attempting to steal copper. They are now leading the investigation.

The incident caused a power outage in the area near the intersection of Harper and Raymond Avenues around 4 a.m. Fire officials were dispatched near 7 a.m. after workers discovered the bodies.