Thousands of people across San Leandro had their last night abruptly shut down when metallic, or mylar, balloons drifted into ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The massive power outage in downtown Las Vegas last week caused blackouts for over 7,000 people and disrupted Fremont Street businesses and casinos. In just a few hours, NV Energy ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Carnival season is in full swing, but with it comes a reminder from local officials and utility providers about the dangers of Mylar or foil balloons and confetti cannons. Both ...

The outage began at 5:20 p.m. Saturday and affected more than 5,000 customers as the temperature dipped into the mid-40s.

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans residents can no longer use Mylar balloons during balloon releases. On Thursday, the City Council voted to ban them from being released because of their history of knocking ...

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 Journal ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Las Vegas has seen yet another power outage caused by a mylar balloon, also known as a foil balloon. Several businesses lost power in Downtown Las Vegas and some closed ...

Three months ago, a cluster of foil balloons struck a power line and knocked out electricity for thousands of people in New Orleans, everywhere from the French Quarter to Mid-City to New Orleans East.