Dielectric breakdown

That's actually a circuit breaker I believe, if it is it did its job and broke the connection, but high voltage can jump very large distances. Edit, that's definitely a circuit breaker because the two behind it opened at the same time.

@dr_richard_ew
Can confirm?

This was my first attempt at making an elemental

I have been looking for the audio to this; I had it years ago and lost it somehow. You are awesome. Thank you! I've been watching it over and over with the sound cranked.

You're welcome. Despite the... anger in the sound, the fear that sounds like that can inspire, there is something about it that's just entrancing.

Haha, no you don't

Nope. It's not going to just kill you, it's going to hurt the entire time you're dying.