Three Dogs Killed by Live Power Line During Rainstorm
Three dogs were electrocuted by a live power line in Samut Prakan province on July 16 after a sagging communication cable became energized during a rainstorm. An electrical technician said the cable had not been properly secured after being
A tragic incident unfolded in Wang Takian subdistrict, Samut Prakan province, on the evening of July 16, 2025, when three dogs were electrocuted by a live power line during a rainstorm. A white dog named Mongkhol began convulsing near a power pole, and two other dogs rushed to its aid but were all fatally shocked. Residents suspected electrical current was involved when they found a black communication cable wrapped around the pole, and they waited for utility workers to cut the power before removing the bodies.
The dog owners were devastated. Boonrut, 59, owned two red Thai dogs named Yut and Sri that she had kept for 5-6 years; she had fed them earlier that evening before letting them out to play. Thepee, 67, owned the white dog Mongkhol, a mixed breed that had been abandoned by its previous owner. She said the dog regularly played in the neighborhood at night and had only left the house that evening after receiving a phone call about the incident.
Thanapon Wanaswaddi, 36, an electrical technician with the Samut Prakan provincial power authority, explained that preliminary investigation found a live current leaking from a power line to a communication cable in the same bundle at the pole. The communication cable had sagged to the ground, and after workers cut the cable, they apparently did not reel it back up. When rain fell and the power line leaked current into the communication cable, the energized sagging cable electrocuted all three dogs. The power to that section has since been disconnected. The incident deeply shocked the owners and residents, and fortunately no people were nearby when it happened, or there could have been casualties.
