A man was electrocuted while he was repairing a hot tub at a fitness club in Phoenix.
Officers responded to the Life Time gym on Wednesday and found the man in the hot tub with live electrical wires exposed, KPNX-TV reported.
Arizona Public Service was called out to shut off the building’s electricity so the man could be safely removed from the hot tub. The hot tub was mostly drained, WSB-TV reported.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
The fitness center remained closed for hours following the incident.
A spokesperson for Life Time said the deceased man was a contractor performing maintenance work on equipment in the indoor aquatic area.
"The incident currently is under investigation by authorities and the cause of the fatality remains unconfirmed," the Life Time spokesperson said in a statement. "Therefore, as I hope you can appreciate, no additional details are available at this time. Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the family."
The death is under investigation and and no further details were released by police, KPNX-TV reported.
