A 67-year-old Pollock Pines man who reportedly was the subject of an emergency dispatch for help, within 12 minutes after PG&E cut power to the region at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, may have been a victim of the “safety measure” by the electricity purveyor, the Mountain Democrat has learned.

A reliable source told the newspaper Thursday morning that the welfare of someone who required oxygen to stay alive prompted an emergency call where El Dorado County Fire crews were dispatched. Calls to the fire department were not returned by press time but the Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the dispatch was made at 3:42 a.m. to the Pollock Pines residence.

Whether the victim was pronounced dead at his home or elsewhere was not known Friday morning.

No further information was available at press time.