ATHENS– A man was airlifted to Albany Medical Center after being electrocuted Wednesday afternoon, officials said. Antonio Fuentes, Athens Volunteer Fire Department second assistant fire chief said.

The incident happened at about 2 p.m. Wednesday at Night School, a new bar and pizza restaurant located in the former Crossroads building, 21 2nd St.

At the time of the incident, power to the surrounding neighborhood was knocked out, Joe Jenkins, director of media relations for Central Hudson said. 

"The cause of the outages was a non-Central Hudson contract worker was working and experienced a shock," Jenkins said. 

The man suffered extreme burns, said Antonio Fuentes, Athens Volunteer Fire Department second assistant fire chief.

LifeNet helicopter medical transport accepted the call at 2:06 p.m. and landed at 2:25 p.m. at Edward J. Arthur Elementary School. 

Night School owner, Johnny Osborne said following the incident, the business would close Wednesday night, but would be open for business Thursday.

“There was an emergency on site,” he said in a statement. “We’re taking the day to collect ourselves. All Night School team members are safe and unharmed.”

The business was scheduled to open at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, hours after the incident occurred.

The victim was transported via helicopter to Albany Medical Center. His condition was unknown late Wednesday afternoon.

Central Hudson reported there was 281 people affected by the incident. By 2:33 p.m. the power was restored, Jenkins said. 

The Athens Police Department did not immediately return multiple phone calls for comment.