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Balloon hits power line causing explosion and outage, Chicago IL

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Near N Ridge Blvd, Chicago, IL 60645

A birthday balloon hit a power line near North Ridge Blvd, causing an explosion and sparking wires that resulted in a power outage.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 11
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and while all this is happening, we've got an explosion,
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this is caused by a balloon hitting a power line near North Ridge Blvd.
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The birthday balloon just hit a power line and the wires are arcing, no power.
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near North Ridge Blvd.
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Citywide units, 24th District, an explosion caused by a balloon hit in the power line, near North Ridge Blvd.
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A lot of explosion hit a power, the balloon hit a power line, wires are arcing.

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Near N Ridge Blvd, Chicago, IL 60645
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