Freak balloon and motorcycle catastrophe leaves Sao Paolo in chaos

In a sequence of events that managed to somehow keep getting worse, a small, slightly illegal party in Sao Paolo managed to escalate into an explosion that affected 400,000 homes, because Brazil. The partygoers released an unmanned hot air balloon during their celebrations (considered an environmental crime), a balloon which floated into a residential area, snagged a bike, dragged the bike into a car (which had no insurance), then into another two uninsured cars, destroyed a playground, dragged the aforementioned bike into high-voltage power lines, caught fire, set a house on fire, exploded, and then took out power to 400,000 homes.

Since this is 2024, the partygoers who released the balloon of course filmed it, and of course put it on the internet (before they exploded half the city’s power grid). Sao Paolo police are investigating the bizarre balloon disaster and have identified several of the people involved, while local energy companies have been able to restore power to most of the city affected by the balloon.