Two electrocuted while using art method popular on social media

Two radical recovered dormant successful Marathon County, Wisconsin, earlier this period were accidentally electrocuted, according to sheriff's officials.

Sheriff's Deputy Chad Billeb said 44-year-old Tanya Rodriguez and 52-year-old James Carolfi were electrocuted portion they were creating creation utilizing a unsafe method called fractal wood burning. The process uses high-voltage energy to make designs successful wood and has gained popularity connected societal media sites similar TikTok.

During a quality league Thursday, officials accidental the instrumentality utilized for fractal burning caused the electrocutions and started a occurrence successful the store wherever the 2 were recovered which dispersed to the remainder of the location April 6.

An probe recovered that Rodriguez and Carolfi had died anterior to the fire, WSAW-TV reported.

The sheriff's bureau received assistance from the Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation, State Fire Marshal and the Marathon County District Attorney's Office.

At least 33 radical person died arsenic a effect of fractal burning, according to the American Association of Woodturners.

In 2017 the AAW Safety Committee issued a ban against fractal burning aft a woodworker successful Washington authorities was reportedly killed portion attempting to usage the technique.