ELGIN (STMW) — A mylar balloon that struck a power outage was blamed for the second power outage in as many days in northwest suburban Elgin.
Commonwealth Edison representatives said a mylar balloon hit power lines near National Street and Wellington Avenue on Thursday, causing a second power outage in as many days on the city’s east side.
Power went out at 12:13 p.m. Thursday to 684 customers in an area bordered by Bode Road, Route 20, Willard Avenue and Grove Avenue.
About the same time Wednesday, an outage affected the same number of residences in the same area.
Power was restored to all affected customers by 1:47 p.m. Thursday, according to ComEd spokeswoman Alicia Zatkowski.
The cause of Wednesday’s outage was an equipment failure and was unrelated to Thursday’s incident, Zatkowski said.
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