PSEG Long Island says that Tuesday evening’s power outage in Long Beach was caused by a balloon that got tangled in power lines.
When workers switched the power to another line to remove the balloon, the cable failed – resulting in an outage that lasted around an hour affecting more than 20,000 residents.
Balloon in power lines to blame for Long Beach power outage
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