SpongeBob balloon causes blackout in Mass.

YARMOUTH, Mass., Feb. 4 (UPI) -- About 4,000 customers lost electric power in Yarmouth, Mass., after a metallic SpongeBob SquarePants balloon got hung up in power lines.

The balloon got caught in high-tension wires behind the Yarmouth Police station, resulting in a loud explosion and causing two of the three wires to fall to the ground, said police and NStar spokesmen, The Cape Cop (Mass.) Times reported.

Nstar, which transmits and delivers electricity and natural gas to residential and business customers throughout eastern Massachusetts, restored power to most customers within five or six minutes, but some 235 customers were without power from about two hours Sunday afternoon, reported Cape Cod Today.