“The native energy firm initiated an emergency energy lower,” the Folks’s Each day mentioned. (Representational)
Shanghai:
A person in China scaled a utility pole to do sit-ups off the highest of it, gorgeous onlookers and inflicting an influence lower to 1000’s of properties, media mentioned Tuesday.
The unnamed man was taken away by police following his antics on Sunday night on the outskirts of the southwestern metropolis of Chengdu, the Folks’s Each day mentioned.
It revealed a video on the Twitter-like Weibo exhibiting the person suspended about 10 metres (30 ft) within the air as he did a abdomen crunch off the highest of the pylon.
“The native energy firm initiated an emergency energy lower… affecting tens of 1000’s of households,” the Folks’s Each day mentioned.
Emergency companies, together with medical personnel, rushed to the scene, The Paper in Shanghai mentioned.
It was not clear why the person determined to do sit-ups off the pole however state media warned towards anybody copying him.
“The person’s behaviour is just too harmful!” mentioned one outlet.
The incident was a sizzling matter on Chinese language social media, with a minimum of 1.7 million views of 1 hashtag referring to it.
“I used to be aggravated as a result of no electrical energy… and once I see the information and know the rationale, I really feel aggravated and amused on the identical time,” mentioned one Weibo person affected by the weird incident.
One other on Weibo didn’t discover it so humorous.
“Black-outs can waste some huge cash and doubtlessly result in a deadly accident,” they mentioned.
Native police had been unavailable for remark.
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