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Power outage blamed on balloon

August 8, 2011
By Patrick Boylan

A mylar balloon released in celebration of Retro on Roscoe is being blamed for a weekend power outage that affected about 700 ComEd customers.

According to a report in Chicago CBS, the balloon was released during the kick-off of Retro on Roscoe.

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