This spring, the City of Las Vegas made it illegal to knowingly release mylar balloons into the air and NV Energy reports ...

Guy Tannenbaum explains how the foil balloons — you can typically find them at any grocery store — are conductive. That means ...

Las Vegas has seen yet another power outage caused by a mylar balloon, also known as a foil balloon. Several businesses lost ...

A mylar balloon released illegally in downtown Las Vegas caused a significant power outage Friday night, leaving a large ...

New Orleans, known for its celebrations and festive spirit, is now banning the release of metallic balloons – a decision that ...

NV Energy confirmed that a mylar balloon was the cause of the outage. The utility company has previously demonstrated the dangers of foil balloons making contact with electrical lines, noting that ...

"And unfortunately, Mylar balloons, those foil balloons, conduct electricity, they cause power outages and they make things unsafe for residents and harder for us to live here."Giarrusso's ...