LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — An influence outage close to Downtown Las Vegas that affected over 10,000 clients on Sunday night time was brought on by balloons, officers say.
Based on a put up on NV Vitality’s X account, mylar balloons acquired snarled with infrastructure at an NV Vitality substation on Sunday night time, resulting in an outage for greater than 10,000 clients within the downtown Las Vegas space.
Energy outage reported in Downtown Las Vegas on March 2, 2025
Based on NV Vitality’s web site, the outage was reported round 8:15 p.m., within the space of Charleston Boulevard and Maryland Parkway. The outage affected a complete of 10,472 NV Vitality clients, the web site stated.
NV Vitality crews responded to the outage and labored to securely take away the particles and restore energy. Energy was restored round 9:30 p.m.
The put up stated metallic lining in mylar balloons may cause tools to fail when it comes into contact with it. That is what they stated prompted the outage.
NV Vitality gave the next security ideas for individuals utilizing mylar balloons:
Tether Mylar balloons
When disposing of the balloons, puncture them to launch the helium. This may stop the balloons from coming into contact with the facility traces and inflicting an influence outage
Don’t attempt to retrieve the balloon from the facility line, as a substitute please contact NV Vitality to report the issue
