I found a story of a boy who took a picture with flash light near 40,000 voltage lines. When it flashed, current came to his camera (as a spark may be) and passed through his body making him dead.
Is it possible? Someone said that flash light can ionize the air to an extent that it can happen.
Best Answer
NO!!!
A flash-light does not ionize the air at all. Not only is the intensity of a flash-light very very low; but the wavelength of light needs to be lower than a certain threshold (in the ultraviolet) to ionize most substances.
The story is probably false (especially since your source is a forum); but if it is true; the discharge was most likely unrelated to the camera.