Helium balloon causes power outage in parts of Wuppertal. Around 20,000 households in the Langerfeld district were without power for around an hour.
The suspension railway was also affected by the incident. Six trains that were running during this time drove to the next stations so that passengers could get off. The suspended railway resumed regular operations on Saturday morning, it was said. The balloon got caught in a so-called busbar in the Weiterbreck substation. There was an arc and a loud bang.