Two workers were injured Monday, one critically, when one of them cut into a live electrical cable near Dupont Circle.
The electrical contractors were removing cable from an underground high-voltage room when they sliced the 110-volt cable, Pepco spokesman Clay Anderson said. There was no explosion, Anderson said, just a low-voltage flash.
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One worker suffered critical burns to his face while a second worker suffered smoke inhalation, said D.C. Deputy Fire Chief Ken Crosswhite.
The incident occurred near lunchtime under the sidewalk and flower bed of The Dupont Hotel in the 1500 block of 19th Street NW.
– Scott McCabe
