Thousands of homes in Northern England were left without electricity yesterday morning after a man in a state of severe mental distress climbed an electricity pylon. Witnesses saw the man, believed to be suffering from emotional problems, climbing the pylon carrying high-voltage cables in Brig House, West Yorkshire. At around 9:23 a.m., police sent an ambulance from the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to the scene. A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: "Emergency services were called to the scene of an electricity pylon near Brig House Marina at 9:15 a.m. today following reports of concerns for the safety of a man who is alleged to have climbed the pylon." As a result of this, 20,000 homes were left without electricity, according to the Metro newspaper. Electricity transmission towers can be deadly if climbed without training, as they can electrocute a person to death or inflict severe injuries in seconds. The towers are massive steel structures spread throughout the UK's electricity network, designed to carry high-voltage power lines. Previously, a man was rescued after being spotted hanging 60 feet (18 meters) up from a transmission tower. It remains a mystery how a man in his thirties managed to get onto a transmission tower in Hutton, Lancashire, in 2017. Photos showed the man dangerously hanging from an electric wire before a large-scale rescue operation by emergency services attempting to rescue him from a 275-kilovolt line. "The man came down from the pylon shortly after 11:30 a.m. and was arrested."