A seemingly harmless celebration turned into a blackout Tuesday night when Mylar balloons hit power lines, cutting ...

Nowadays I paint photorealistic mylar balloons style. I was having an exhibition in Stockholm and I came up with the idea, why don't I change the traditional graffiti letters into balloons.

But it wasn't strong winds or storms that knocked the power out. It was a mylar balloon, coming into contact with a power line. Those balloons are usually made out of some kind of thin ...

About 2,400 people on Milwaukee's east side were briefly without power Tuesday night after a Mylar balloon came into contact with a power line, We Energies spokesperson Brendan Conway told the ...

NV Energy says mylar balloons caused a power outage in downtown affecting more than 10,000 customers Sunday night.

It's those heart-shaped Mylar balloons. If allowed to fly off into the heavens, they can wreak havoc. Thus this request from the city-owned utility: Runaway Mylar inflatables are a common cause of ...

Mylar balloons can cause power outages and fires ... we have registered a complaint through a letter with the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and ...