
ABC News
June 21, 2025 at 05:41 PM
A hot-air balloon caught fire and tumbled from the sky on Saturday in Brazil’s southern state of Santa Catarina, killing at least eight people, firefighters said.
“According to the pilot, who is one of the survivors, a fire started inside the basket and then he began to lower the balloon. When the balloon was very close to the ground, he ordered people to jump out of the basket,” Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper quoted Praia Grande head police officer Tiago Luiz Lemos as saying.
"Some of them didn’t manage to jump. The fire increased and the balloon ended up falling,” Lemos added.
Thirteen people survived and were taken to hospitals, Santa Catarina’s military fire brigade said, adding that 21 people were on board including the pilot.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/8-killed-13-injured-after-hot-air-balloon-123071367

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