LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Officials say one person is dead after being electrocuted Sunday around noon while working on Ryan Street.

The City of Lake Charles confirms the person was a private contractor who was cleaning gutters at a business downtown near the intersection of Ryan and Clarence street.

Power is currently out on that block, according to firefighters at the scene.

7NEWS is on the scene now. We will have more on this story as it develops.

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