A man was nearly electrocuted while police said he tried to steal copper wiring and knocked out power to 1,500 homes and ...

A man is in critical condition after he was shocked while trying to steal copper wire from a PECO transformer box, police say.

The man trying to steal copper wire from a PECO transformer suffered severe burns and is in critical condition, police said.

A man has suffered burns all over his body after police said he was electrocuted by a transformer box while trying to steal copper wire in Philadelphia's Bustleton neighborhood, police said.

A man was critically burned when police say he cut a high-voltage line while he was trying to steal copper wire from a PECO power box overnight in Philadelphia.

PECO officials said an issue with underground cables knocked out power for a few hundred customers in Center City on Tuesday ...

The outage began along Market Street when underground cables overheated around 4:30 a.m., according to a PECO spokesperson.

A man was burned during an attempted theft in Philadelphia's Frankford section, according to police. It happened around 3 a.m. on Tuesday around Frankford and Torresdale avenues. Investigators say the ...

PECO is reporting a power outage affecting the area of 30th Street in Center City. A PECO spokesperson told PHL17 the power outage began at 4:40 a.m. and was caused by a “brief fire” ...