Balloon triggers grass fire

An electrical service fire ignited grass Tuesday afternoon along the hillside behind Starlite Center shopping area off North Dixie Avenue in Elizabethtown.

Ben Sheroan

An electrical fire ignited grass Tuesday afternoon along the hillside behind Starlite Center shopping area off North Dixie Avenue in Elizabethtown. Firefighter Nate Gardner sprays down the field. The blown transformer also caused a brief power outage at O’Charley’s, Head Liners Salon and Spa and surrounding stores.

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Ben Sheroan

Mylar balloons tangled in electrical wires Tuesday afternoon caused a transformer to blow, sparks to shower down and a grass fire to start between Starline Center and O'Charley's in Elizabethtown, Lt. Everett Roberts of the Elizabethtown Fire Department said. Flames already had been extinguished by the time the fire department arrived.

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Lt. Everett Roberts of the Elizabethtown Fire Department said Mylar balloons tangled in electrical wires caused a transformer to blow, sparks to shower down and a grass fire to start. Flames already had been extinguished by the time the fire department arrived.

The blown transformer caused a brief power outage at O’Charley’s, Head Liners Salon and Spa and surrounding stores.