“These types of balloons are a scourge to the industry,” Geraghty said. Over the past six years, SDG&E has recorded more than 700 outages and 28 reportable fires due to foil balloons coming ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Metallic balloons are a big business in California, some 22,000 retailers sell them, bringing in more than $250 million in sales. "People come in here and they want the foil ...

SDG&E has reported fires caused by balloons every year from 2014 to 2018. In 2018 alone, eight fires involving or near SDG&E equipment were started by foil balloons. While SDG&E installs protective ...

Mylar balloons — the shiny, helium-filled foil kind you see all over Instagram — caused 1,128 power outages in Southern California in 2018, nearly double the 656 recorded four years earlier.

More than 100 Nevada Legislature bills went into effect Sunday, including those on selling foil balloons and how long a dog can be tied up. VIEW E-EDITION. 25¢ for 3 mos.

Mylar balloons were outlawed in recent legislation that was unanimously passed and then signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom. The reason for this ban was due to the balloons being a ...

Atlantic City Electric advises the public that a foil balloon, also known as Mylar balloons, and electric equipment don’t mesh well. “When a foil balloon contacts a power line or a part of substation ...

Violations are punishable by fines up to $1,000, but council members stressed their intent to phase out the practice of releasing foil balloons for birthdays, graduations and memorial gatherings ...