City

Albuquerque

County

Bernalillo

State

NM

Location

Barstow Street and Glendale Avenue NE, Albuquerque, NM

Category

Aviation and utility incident

Severity

medium

Priority

medium

Occurred On

2026-10-04 08:45:00

Published On

2026-10-04 09:56:00

Source Records

1

Source

Balloon hits power line in Northeast Albuquerque; no injuries reported

Source URL

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Summary

The Rhapsody in Blue balloon became draped over a power line with two people in the gondola. PNM de-energized the line, Albuquerque Fire Rescue removed both occupants safely and mitigated the hazards; no injuries were reported.

Verification

Occurrence Confidence

exact

Publication Confidence

exact

Verification Status

single-source

Source Role

local news