Gallery and Video: Hot air balloon is swept into power lines by wind Thursday

A hot air balloon, being launched, was picked up by the wind, and swept across a field before colliding with powerlines, Thursday, November 3, 2022. Video by Julie Wood Sylvester, Courtesy to the Bloomingtonian. Video copyright 2022 Julie Wood Sylvester – video used with permission
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA – November 3: A hot air balloon is draped over power lines after the wind picked it up and carried it across a field during a launch on November 3, 2022, in Bloomington, Indiana. Nobody was injured when the balloon hit the power lines, which arced, but the power went out for over a thousand area residents as utility workers were summoned to clear the power lines. Workers from Duke eventually lifted the balloon off the power lines. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA – November 3: A Duke worker checks power lines after a hot air balloon was picked up by the wind and carried into the lines on November 3, 2022, in Bloomington, Indiana. Nobody was injured when the balloon hit the power lines, but power was out for over a thousand area residents as utility workers were summoned to clear the power lines. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA – November 3: Duke workers remove a balloon carried into power lines by the wind on November 3, 2022, in Bloomington, Indiana. Nobody was injured when the balloon hit the power lines, but power was out for over a thousand area residents as utility workers were summoned to clear the power lines. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA – November 3: A hot air balloon is draped over power lines after the wind picked it up and carried it across a field during a launch on November 3, 2022, in Bloomington, Indiana. Nobody was injured when the balloon hit the power lines, which arced, but the power went out for over a thousand area residents as utility workers were summoned to clear the power lines. Workers from Duke eventually lifted the balloon off the power lines. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA – November 3: A hot air balloon is draped over power lines after the wind picked it up and carried it across a field during a launch on November 3, 2022, in Bloomington, Indiana. Nobody was injured when the balloon hit the power lines, which arced, but the power went out for over a thousand area residents as utility workers were summoned to clear the power lines. Workers from Duke eventually lifted the balloon off the power lines. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA – November 3: A hot air balloon is draped over power lines after the wind picked it up and carried it across a field during a launch on November 3, 2022, in Bloomington, Indiana. Nobody was injured when the balloon hit the power lines, which arced, but the power went out for over a thousand area residents as utility workers were summoned to clear the power lines. Workers from Duke eventually lifted the balloon off the power lines. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA – November 3: A hot air balloon is draped over power lines after the wind picked it up and carried it across a field during a launch on November 3, 2022, in Bloomington, Indiana. Nobody was injured when the balloon hit the power lines, which arced, but the power went out for over a thousand area residents as utility workers were summoned to clear the power lines. Workers from Duke eventually lifted the balloon off the power lines. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

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