Officials are renewing their annual calls for electrical and fire safety as a family mourns a man who was electrocuted while hanging Christmas lights.

Antonio Pascual was hanging Christmas lights when he threw them over a high voltage powerline and was electrocuted, the medical examiner said.

A worker was seriously hurt when he received an electric shock while hanging Christmas lights on a tree in Wellesley, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning, police said.

A worker suffered life-threatening injuries after being electrocuted while hanging lights on a Christmas tree. The unidentified 22-year-old was hanging the lights in Wellesley, Massachusetts Wednesday morning. He was hanging lights using a pole that got too close to an electrical line, which shocked him, police said.

So it’s time for the annual tree-trimming festivities. Freshly baked Christmas cookies and warm spices fill the air, festive jingles echo through the house, the perfect tree is up, you’ve pulled out the boxes of ornaments safely stashed away since January, and located the wad of Christmas lights.

A worker was seriously hurt when he received an electric shock while hanging Christmas lights on a tree in Wellesley, Massachusetts. WBTS Michael Rosenfeld reports.

A man was nearly electrocuted to death after being hired to hang Christmas lights on a large tree in Massachusetts, police said.

ESCONDIDO, Calif. (Gray News) – A 24-year-old man was electrocuted Thursday morning while hanging Christmas lights on the roof. According to the San Deigo County medical examiner, Antonio Pascual Mateo was putting the decorations near a high-voltage powerline.

A worker in Wellesley, Massachusetts was almost killed while hanging Christmas lights on a tree Wednesday. Police say the 22-year-old contractor hired by a resident was using a pole to hang the lights on a large tree when he was electrocuted,