Foil balloons cause power outage for 5,000 in west Louisville during winter storm

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — LG&E has revealed the cause of a major power outage that left thousands of customers without power during the winter storm Saturday night.

They say someone released a group of foil balloons into the air and they came in contact with their equipment.

It caused 5,000 customers in the Shawnee and Chickasaw neighborhoods to lose power…

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