Large balloon knocks out power for hundreds in Durham

Hundreds of people were without power for about two hours Sunday afternoon after a balloon struck a power line in Durham.

Authorities said that about 950 customers lost power just before 3 p.m. after a Mylar balloon struck a power line near U.S. Highway 15-501 and Hillsborough Road in Durham.

Power was restored at about 5 p.m.

The power has been restored to the locations that experienced the outage. https://t.co/kSUxSUZrn3

— DurhamPoliceNC (@DurhamPoliceNC)

April 9, 2017