A scaffolder who was left disfigured after being turned into a ‘human fireball’ as he tried to steal scrap metal has urged youngsters to avoid a life of crime.
Darren Harris, 29, from Manchester, was severely electrocuted in November 2020 and was ‘dead for around two minutes’ after being hit with an 11,000 volt shock when he attempted to collect scrap from an abandoned steelworks in Wolverhampton.
He came across a switchboard and electric mains and, assuming they were off as the building was going to be demolished, he put his hand on a live copper bar and was instantly catapulted across the room by the voltage.
